High Representative calls for integrating vulnerable countries in global development process
In an article “South-South Cooperation” published by Jeune Afrique (issue of 20 December 2003) , Mr. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, observed that “While the processes for increasing development assistance, trade and investment from the traditional donor community continue to be difficult, potential for South-south Cooperation in these and other areas need to be explored with vigour and determination. During the last 25 years, trade among developing countries has come to represent 40 per cent of the total of developing countries”.
The High Representative added “Recent experience tells us that the areas of cooperation among developing countries range from health, trade, agriculture to capacity-building and infrastructure building to human resource development, debt cancellation and sharing of technology. Such cooperation with LDCs has the potential of playing a significant role in integrating these vulnerable countries in the global development process”.
