From the Second Committee of the General Assembly: approval of draft resolution on “Follow-up to the Fifth 51�Թ� Conference on the Least Developed Countries”

MTAVARES1 — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:00:00 +0000

22 November 2022. The Second Committee of the General Assembly approved the draft resolution “Follow-up to the Fifth 51�Թ� Conference on the Least Developed Countries” (document A/C.2/77/L.57).

"By its terms, the Assembly would note with concern the estimates that by 2030 much of the world’s poor will live in the least developed countries, which indicate that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda is not on track, stressing the need for global support for the least developed countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and ensure that no one is left behind.

Further to the draft, it would welcome the global ambition to voluntarily channel $100 billion of special drawing rights to developing and least developing countries and call upon Member States with strong external positions to consider the voluntary channelling of special drawing rights to countries in need, particularly to the least developed countries, in a timely manner, including through the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust."

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Text of the resolution in the six official languages of the 51�Թ�.

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From the Second Committee of the General Assembly: approval of draft resolution on “Follow-up to the Fifth 51�Թ� Conference on the Least Developed Countries”