Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 6 • Number 39 • 14th November 2002
Puri New UNCTAD Trade Division Director
On 21 October, Lakshmi Puri (India) was appointed as the next Director of the UN Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) Division for Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities (DITC). Ms. Puri joins UNCTAD after 28 years with the Indian Foreign Service, working on administration and policy-making and in bilateral and multilateral economic diplomacy, with a focus on trade, economic cooperation and development. During her time with the Indian government, Ms. Puri helped formulate and negotiate both regional and interregional economic and trade initiatives. She has offered both theoretical and policy- related research to academic institutions and think tanks that work on trade and development issues. Between 1999 and 2002 Ms. Puri acted as the Indian Ambassador to Hungary and concurrently accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ten years ago she was placed as the Deputy Permanent Representative of India at the UN in Geneva, where she actively participated in UNCTAD events.
"Lakshmi Puri Appointed to Head UNCTAD’s Trade Division," UNCTAD, 7 November 2002.