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Interregional Preparatory Meeting for SIDS Wraps Up in Cabo Verde

30 August - 1 September, 2023, Praia, Cabo Verde

The world’s small islands called on the international community to recognize the vital role they play in safeguarding the world’s oceans, which are a global public good vital for food security, human and planetary health, and sustainable development and prosperity for all.

This was part of an outcome that was adopted at the end of a three-day meeting of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Cabo Verdean capital of Praia. The meeting was held to continue preparations and finalize an ambitious program for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States to be held in Antigua and Barbuda next year.

Find out more about this meeting HERE.

Supporting 92 Vulnerable States

The United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) supports groups of vulnerable countries in the United Nations system.

The 46 Least Developed Countries, 32 Landlocked Developing Countries and 39 Small Island Developing States have their own special challenges.

Euro-Asia Regional Review Meeting of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries

23-24 August, 2023
Bangkok, Thailand

The final regional preparatory meeting for the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries wrapped up in Bangkok, Thailand on August 24.

Find out more HERE.

Least Developed
Countries

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) represent the poorest and most vulnerable segment of the international community.

Multidimensional Vulnerability Index

A High-Level Panel was convened by the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2022 to develop a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI). It is intended that the MVI, using a data-driven approach to define what it means to be vulnerable, will support an evidence-based approach to development policy and decision making, especially in the context of increasingly scarce external financing resources.

Theme report on Energy Access

Theme report on Energy Access

Landlocked Developing
Countries

Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) face challenges due to their remoteness, lack of territorial access to the sea and significant distance from world markets.