UN-OHRLLS Calendar 2021
January 2021 |
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| 12-15 | CDP EGM in preparation for the Triennial Review (organized by the CDP Secretariat) | New York | |
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Webinar “Asia-Pacific LDCs’ graduation, trade and pandemic” organized by UNESCAP
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Bangkok | |
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Virtual Meeting of the Friends of LDCs with the LDC Group, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Turkey
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New York | |
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February 2021 |
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| 8 | LDC5 Preparatory Committee Organisational Session | New York | |
| 16 | 4th Round Table Meeting of Small Island Developing States, 52nd United Nations Statistics Commission - 15:00 – 16:45 (Eastern Time) | New York | |
| 17 | Briefing on UN efforts towards a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for Small Island Developing States, UNDESA and OHRLLS | New York | |
| 18 | Sub-regional meeting on Arab LDCs: Development Challenges and Opportunities: Evaluating the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) to inform the 2020-2030 LDCs decade - Online | ||
| 22-26 | Africa Regional Review Meeting in preparations for LDC5 – Virtual (organized by Government of Malawi, UN-OHRLLS and UNECA) | ||
| 22-26 | Committee for Development Policy Plenary (organized by the CDP Secretariat) | New York | |
| 24 | Virtual Side Event 83rd Session of the Inland Transport Committee “Sustainability of transport and trade connectivity in the Caspian Sea region in the age of pandemics” | Geneva | |
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March 2021 |
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| 2 | Webinar - Impact of COVID-19 and Responses in Landlocked Developing Countries organized by UN-OHRLLS, DCO and International Think Tank for LLDCs 9 am-10:30 am NY time | ||
| 17-23 | UNECA 53rd Session and Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development | Addis Ababa | |
| 20 | Virtual High- Level Stakeholders Meeting on Promoting smooth functioning of corridors during the COVID-19 pandemic. (organised by OHRLLS and ECA) | ||
| 23 | Session 7 of Aid for Trade Stocktaking Event - Impact of COVID-19 on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and implications for resilient recovery (organized by OHRLLS) | ||
| 23-25 | Aid for Trade Stocktaking event (Virtual) (Organized by the WTO) | ||
| 30-31 | SIDS Global Business Network Ocean Energy Webinar (Co-organised with IRENA) | ||
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April 2021 |
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| 1 | Virtual Launch of the UNDP Study on “Graduation of African Least Developed Countries: Emerging Issues in a New Development Landscape” | ||
| 6 | Virtual side event during ECOSOC Youth Forum entitled “Youth: Agent of Change for Transformative Recovery of LDCs” | ||
| 8 | Hand in Hand Initiative: An Update on an Initiative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. 10:30AM - 12:00PM (EDT) | New York | |
| 6-8 | Training Workshop Strengthening Capacity in developing bankable transport infrastructure projects in Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries - Africa/Latin America Region | ||
| 8 | UN-OHRLLS and FAO Briefing to the LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS Groups | ||
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Leaving no one behind: Financing Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 in LLDCs (Virtual Side Event at 2021 Financing for Development Follow-up Forum) |
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| 15 | Debt-for-Climate Swaps for Small Island Developing States: An Innovative Approach to Preventing a SIDS Debt Crisis | ||
| 19 | Meeting of the WTO Sub-Committee on LDCs – briefing by the USG on preparations for LDC5 (15:00-18:00 Geneva time) | ||
| 20 | Twenty-second meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Group (IACG) of the United Nations system on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | ||
| 23 | ECOSOC special event on SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs | ||
| 23 | Virtual Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on LDC Graduation | ||
| 26-30 | UNESCAP Commission session | Bangkok | |
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May 2021 |
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| 17 | Inter-Agency Consultative Group Meeting for LLDCs (TBC) | ||
| 18-20 | Training Workshop Strengthening Capacity in developing bankable transport infrastructure projects in Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries - Africa/Latin America Region (TBC) | ||
| 24-28 | First Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee session – LDC5 | New York | |
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June 2021 |
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| 8 | Expert Group Meeting on Trade, Trade facilitation and structural economic transformation | ||
| 18 | Joint thematic event of the President of the General Assembly and the President of ECOSOC in preparation of LDC5 | ||
| 21-24 | WTO Ministerial Conference – TBC (Kazakhstan or Geneva) | ||
| 28 June - 2 July | Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting in preparation for LDC5 (Hybrid/Virtual meetings) | ||
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July 2021 |
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| 26-30 | Second Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee session – LDC5 | New York | |
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August - September 2021 |
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| 30 August – 1 September: Future Forum - Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries - Towards LDC5, | Helsinki, Finland | ||
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October |
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| 3-8 | UNCTAD XV, Bridgetown, Barbados | ||
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November 2021 |
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| 1-12 | UNFCCC COP26 |
Glasgow, |
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December 2021 |
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March
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| 5-9 | LDC5 Conference | Doha, Qatar | |