The Addis Ababa Action Agenda highlights the significant potential of regional economic integration and interconnectivity to promote inclusive growth and sustainable development.

The Addis Agenda specifically:

The Addis Ababa Action Agenda focuses on ensuring that trade and investment agreements do not undermine countries’ ability to pursue public policy objectives.

Specifically, the Addis Agenda:

Throughout its chapters, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda establishes a strong link between gender equality and women’s empowerment on one hand, and achieving sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development on the other. Moreover, it calls for gender mainstreaming in the formulation and implementation of all financial, economic, environmental and social policies.

In relation to policies and actions to realizing the potential of trade for inclusive growth and sustainable development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda reiterates the important role that has been played by UNCTAD in this area

The Addis Agenda specifically:

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has been recognized as the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. UNCITRAL was mandated to further the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade and by this reduce or remove legal obstacles to the flow of international trade and create enabling domestic environments for trade.

The Addis Ababa Action Agenda specifically:

Legal and sustainable trade in natural resources can be beneficial for economic growth, conservation of natural resources and livelihoods, while failure to regulate it can undermine the livelihoods of people, species, ecosystems, and businesses alike. However, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda recognizes the challenge many countries face in combating illegal wildlife trade, illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, illegal logging, and illegal mining.