The World Economic Forum has announced that the Summit on the Global Agenda will take place in Dubai from November 29 to December 1, 2010. The Summit will examine, among other issues, long-term solutions for the post-financial crisis world; international implications of the G20 summit outcomes in Seoul; innovation; logistics and transport, and the upcoming Cancun summit on climate change.
The International Air Transport Association announced that international traffic results for October 2010 show a 14.4% year-on-year increase for international freight. According to IATA's Director General and CEO, it remains to be seen if this growth represents a stabilization in freight volumes or the start of an upward trend.
The United Nations Security Council has renewed until November 30, 2011 the arms embargo and related sanctions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and has requested the Secretary-General to extend the mandate of the Group of Experts monitoring those measures.
At the invitation of Chairman Mohamed Zemam of Yemen Customs, World Customs Organization Secretary General Mikuriya visited Yemen from November 26-28, 2010. After onsite visits to the airport in Sana’a, capital of Yemen, and the maritime port in Aden, he held a series of meetings with Customs management, and political and business leaders to discuss ways to enhance the capacity of Customs in securing and facilitating global trade, taking into consideration the recent discovery of explosives in air cargo departing from Yemen.
In the November 24, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 26, 2010:
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 25, 2010:
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 23, 2010:
In the November 23, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
The European Commission has adopted the sixteenth update of the list of airlines banned in the European Union. All air carriers certified in Afghanistan and Mauritania Airways are banned. One air carrier certified in Kyrgyzstan and one in Gabon are also added to the list, while nine Kazakh operators were removed from the list and operating restrictions modified for one Ghanaian operator.