The most ambitious agenda possible for the world’s most vulnerable states will be agreed at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar in January 2022.
LDCs
04 December 2020
NEW YORK 4 December 2020 – The small island nation of Vanuatu is celebrating today as it is officially no longer classified as one of the world’s least developed countries, or LDCs.
19 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging labour markets around the world. Global trends such as globalisation, demographic shifts, climate change and technology have already brought profound shifts to the world of work, and the pandemic has accelerated changes.
19 November 2020
27 October 2020
NEW YORK 27 October 2020 – COVID-19 is impacting the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in unprecedented, profound and disproportionate ways. This is why these countries, often unable to afford comprehensive response plans, need more international support.
21 October 2020
As preparations get underway for the 5th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), OHRLLS is co-organising a high-level event to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on development in the LDCs.
12 October 2020
NEW YORK 12 October 2020 – The Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) set an ambitious goal to see half of the LDCs graduate from the category during its period of implementation of 2011-2020. Though that target has not
08 October 2020
NEW YORK 8 October 2020 – The global response to COVID-19 has been estimated at US$20 trillion and growing.
08 October 2020
Good Practices, Success Stories, Lessons Learned and Current Challenges in Combating Poverty and Inequalities
08 October 2020
On 8 October, the Second Committee took up Item 23: Groups of countries in special situations:
- Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries and;
- Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.