At the frontlines of COVID-19, climate change, and a growing debt crisis, the world＊s 46 least developed countries--home to 1 billion people--are falling further behind the rest of the world.
To stimulate bold new ideas for the least developed countries (LDCs), the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS) will convene world-renowned thinkers and policymakers in Helsinki from 5 to 7 October to propose new solutions to tackle stubborn development problems.
"The world is reaching a breaking point. The rich are vaccinated, not just from COVID but also from the hardships of poverty. The least developed countries remain vulnerable to both the pandemic and extreme poverty,§ said Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Dubbed the , the Helsinki meeting will tackle big questions around issues such as poverty eradication, education, and health care, emerging technologies, and the climate crisis.
It is organized with the Government of Finland, UN University, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
※We cannot solve new problems with old thinking 每 which is why the LDC Future Forum is such an exciting platform for big thinkers to come together to hash out big solutions to some very big problems,§ said Courtenay Rattray, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
The Future Forum for LDCs takes place ahead of the 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) to be hosted by Qatar from 23 to 27 January 2022.
LDC5 is expected to mobilize renewed global support and solidarity for LDCs and adopt a new 10-year programme of action for this group of vulnerable nations.
To follow discussions being held at the Future Forum for LDCs, visit .
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