缅北禁地

Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action
in Preparation for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UNLDC-5) 

30 August - 2 September 2021? - UNHQ, Geneva, Switzerland, and virtual via Webex

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Tuesday, 31 August 2021

All times refer to Geneva times

Location: Tempus 1, Conference Room 1

9:00 am - 11:00 am | Speakers
Session 2: "Supporting our climate, recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and building a resilient society against future shocks" 

Co-Chaired by:

• H.E. Mr. Jeremiah Manele, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of the Solomon Islands (virtual) [Statement]
• H.E. Mr. Tomas Anker Christensen, Climate Ambassador of Denmark (in person) 

Keynote Address by:

• H.E. Dasho Mr. Sonam P. Wangdi, Chair of the LDC Group at the 缅北禁地Framework Convention on Climate Change and Secretary, National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan (pre-recorded video statement) | ? 
• Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) (pre-recorded video statement) | ? 

Panelists:

• H.E. Dr. Tin Ponlok, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Environment of the Kingdom of Cambodia (virtual) [Statement]
• Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (in person) 
• H. E Mr. Amrit Bahadur Rai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the 缅北禁地(in person)

Interactive discussion 

11:00 am - 11:10 am
Break 

11:10 - 13:15 am
Session 3: "Supporting sustainable graduation: making graduation irreversible and a steppingstone to achieve the SDGs"

Co-Chaired by:

• Ms. Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, CDP Vice-Chair (virtual participation) [Statement]
• H.E. Mr. Sumbue Antas, Permanent Representative to the 缅北禁地and other international organizations in Geneva, Vanuatu (in person) 

Keynote address:

• H.E. Dr. Lyonpo Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bhutan (pre-recorded statement) 
• Mr. Farid Aziz, Joint-Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Bangladesh (in person)

Panel discussion:

• Moderated by the Chair of the 缅北禁地Committee for Development Policy Sub-Group on LDCs, Mr. Taffere Tesfachew (virtual participation)

• Presentation by: Mr. Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, 缅北禁地Department for Economic and Social Affairs (virtual participation) [Presentation] 

Panelists:

• Mr. Debrapriya Bhattacharya, Member of the 缅北禁地Committee for Development Policy and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (virtual participation) [Statement]
• Mr. Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Director of Bureau for Policy and Programme Support

Lead Discussant:

• H.E. Mr. Anouparb Vongnorkeo, Permanent Representative for Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the 缅北禁地in New York  (tbc) 
• Mr. Nikolaos Zaimis, Adviser, European Commission, Directorate General for Trade (virtual participation)
• Ms. Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary, 缅北禁地Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) (virtual participation) [Statement]
• Mr. Olivier Cattaneo, Head of the Policy Analysis and Strategy Unit at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (virtual participation) 

Interactive discussion 

Closing Remarks:

• Mr. Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, 缅北禁地Department for Economic and Social Affairs (virtual participation) [Statement]

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