The UN commitment to the Least Developed Countries: a reality check
Briefing for MPs on UN processes N. 5
Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 09:00
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10:00 (New York) - In English and French
The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, adopted in 2015,
embraced the mantra “leave no one
behind”.
How much does this apply to the
46 Least Developed Countries
(LDCs), where some 900 million
people live all too often in conditions of acute poverty and with many basic human needs still unmet?
The UN is negotiating a new
Programme of Action for the LDCs
to be adopted in Doha, Qatar, in
January 2022. So the time has come for a reality check with regard to this group of countries whose
success is critical to the realization of the entire 2030 Agenda.
Was the target of cutting by half the number of LDCs in just ten years overly ambitious?
Is the slow progress in the LDCs due to adverse global conditions, or domestic policy
choices?
Speakers
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Ambassador Dr. Perks Ligoya,
Permanent Representative of
Malawi to the United Nations,
and Chair of the LDCs group in the General Assembly
Ms. Fekitamoeloa
Katoa ‘Utoikamanu,
USG and High Representative for the Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)
Prof.
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr,
New School of Social Research, Member of the UN Committee
for Development Policy
More background at:
https://www.ipu.org/event/un-commitment-least-developed-countries-reality-
check
Registration,
https://zoom.us/j/91790483482