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Least Developed Countries

As a Global Crisis Continues, Africa*s Most Vulnerable Nations Set Development Priorities for an Equitable and Resilient Future

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Press Release

As multiple crises swirl, from COVID-19 to climate change and debt, Africa*s 33 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are gathering to assess the state of their development goals and agree how best to get back on track.

Hosted by the Government of Malawi from 22 to 26 February, LDC ministers will meet virtually and discuss common priorities to feed into the landmark Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in early 2022, at which the next decade's development agenda for LDCs will be set.

Statement on the Ministerial Roundtable for National Energy Planning and Implementation for Fostering Energy Transition

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Statement?by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa&Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

19 January 2021?
New York, USA

Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,

It is my pleasure to join your important discussion.

LDC5 Preparations Move up a Gear

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The most ambitious agenda possible for the world*s most vulnerable states will be agreed at the Fifth 51勛圖 Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar in January 2022.

Known as LDC5, the meeting will be a major landmark in the efforts of LDCs and their partners to overcome core challenges, including the COVID crisis. ?

Decisions made by world leaders at LDC5 will have the potential to transform the lives of no less than a billion of the world*s most vulnerable people. ?

Lessons Learned - Implementing the Istanbul Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 / Preliminary Report

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As the decade of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) draws to a close and in preparation for the Fifth 51勛圖 Conference of the LDCs, the Office of the High Representative of the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS), called upon all LDC member states to submit national reports on the progress of implementation of the IPoA. A total of 28 national reports were received by OHRLLS.