HLPF 2023: African countries, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries Turning the tide, regaining lost ground and embarking on the road to the SDGs
13 July 2023.
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Doha Programme of Action (DPOA)
LDCs National Focal Points Meeting 2023
11-12 July 2023. The 2023 NFP meeting will aim to take stock of mainstreaming of the DPoA so far, identify challenges as well as additional support needed by building on the lessons from the 2022 meeting and the LDC5 Conference. It will also present concrete tools for monitoring and mainstreaming developed by the regional commissions and other UN agencies and discuss how these can be improved. More information here.
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UN gathering in Doha concludes, ushering in new era of solidarity for world’s Least Developed Countries
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9 March 2023. UN Press release
Commitments at the Conference include:
UN: No more excuses; Guterres calls for ‘revolution of support’ to aid world’s least developed countries
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5 March 2023. "Three years after the world began its epic struggle against COVID-19, the least developed countries (LDCs) – already grappling with severe structural impediments to sustainable development and highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks – have found themselves stranded amid a rising tide of crisis, uncertainty, climate chaos and deep global injustice.
UN Press Release: New Generation of Partnerships for Most Vulnerable States as World Leaders Gather
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5 March 2023. New Generation of Partnerships for Most Vulnerable States as World Leaders Gather
Press release here.
Special High-Level Event of the General Assembly and ECOSOC: Doha Programme of Action as an accelerator of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
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From the Second Committee of the General Assembly: approval of draft resolution on “Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries”
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22 November 2022. The Second Committee of the General Assembly approved the draft resolution “Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries” (document A/C.2/77/L.57).
From the Second Committee of the General Assembly: approval of draft resolution on “Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries”
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22 November 2022. The Second Committee of the General Assembly approved the draft resolution “Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries” (document A/C.2/77/L.57).
Discussion on LDCs and the right to development - 6th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development
The Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development will hold its 6th session from 31 October to 2 November 2022.
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Doha Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries: Human Rights related Challenges and Opportunities - Human Rights Council 51 Side Event
15 September 2022, 14:00 – 15:00, Room XXV, in a hybrid format, Palais des Nations, Geneva
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