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Keynote Address at the AOSIS/LDC Event: “Leading the Way: Raising Ambition for Climate Action”

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Keynote Address by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

20 September 2019 
New York, USA

Honourable Ministers,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,

Crisis Mitigation and Resilience Building for LDCs (2016)

The main square of Nui Island (Tuvalu) is still under water over a month after cyclone pam
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The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) constitute the poorest segment of humanity. They are also the most vulnerable countries and those with the lowest stock of human and physical capital. In recent years, LDCs have experienced a whole range of external shocks, including natural and climate-related disasters, volatility of commodity prices and aid flows and health pandemics.