Background documents

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Organizational and procedural preparations

The Preparatory Committee should consider procedural and organizational matters including the draft provisional rules of procedure and agenda for the Conference.  

Substantive preparations

The Preparatory Committee is expected to consider the substantive preparations for the Conference, especially on the basis of the national reportsOpens a new window and reports of the regional review meetingsOpens a new window.

The Preparatory Committee will have before it the following documentation:

• ReportPDFOpens a new window of the regional review meeting for Africa and Haiti;
• Report of the regional review meeting for Asia-Pacific and Yemen (forthcoming – the regional review is being scheduled;

Background documents

• ReportPDFOpens a new window of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020 (A/76)  
• ReportOpens a new window on Lessons Learned from Implementing the Istanbul Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020;
• ReportOpens a new window on United Nations Support to the LDCs (OHRLLS, 2020);
• ReportOpens a new window on The State of LDCs 2021 (OHRLLS, 2021);  
• Chapter VIIOpens a new window of the Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its twenty-second session (E/2020/33) on “Framework for the programme of action for the least developed countries”;
• Chapter VII of the Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its twenty-third session (E/2021/33), on “Contributions to the Fifth UN Conference on LDCs”;
• The Least Developed Countries Report 2020Opens a new window (UNCTAD/LDC/2020);
• Report on strengthening the resilience of least developed countries in the wake of the Coronavirus Desease PandemicPDFOpens a new window (ESCAP 2021)
• ReportOpens a new window of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Right to Development (A/HRC/45/21);
   

Reports of pre-Conference events

• Progress in the implementation of the priority areas of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020PDFOpens a new window (E/ECA/COE/39/15);
• Blended Finance in the Least Developed Countries 2020 Opens a new window(UNCDF and OECD);
• COVID-19 - Tackling the Jobs Crisis in the Least Developed CountriesPDFOpens a new window (ILO);  
• The Ministerial Declaration on Accelerating Industrialization in LDCsPDFOpens a new window (UNIDO and OHRLLS, 2019).

PrepCom 1: Thematic panel discussions

• Issues Note for Theme 1: Investing in people in LDCs: eradicating poverty and building capacity to leave no one behindPDFOpens a new window
• Issues Note for Theme 2: Leveraging the power of science, technology and innovation to fight  multidimensional vulnerabilities and to achieve the SDGsPDFOpens a new window 
• Issues Note for Theme 3: Structural transformation as a driver of prosperity PDFOpens a new window
• Issues Note for Theme 4: Enhancing international trade of LDCs and regional integrationPDFOpens a new window
• Issues Note for Theme 5: Supporting our climate, recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and building a resilient society against future shocksPDFOpens a new window
• Issues Note for Theme 6: Mobilizing international solidarity, reinvigorated global partnerships and innovative tools for risk-informed sustainable development - A march towards sustainable graduationPDFOpens a new window