Good Practices, Success Stories, Lessons Learned and Current Challenges in Combating?Poverty and Inequalities
LLDCs
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.
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NEW YORK 24 September 2020 ¨C?Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) met virtually on the margins of the Ãå±±½ûµØGeneral Assembly on September 23 and expressed concern about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their countries.
Partnering for accelerated implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action and achieving sustainable development in LLDCs in the era of COVID-19
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NEW YORK 23 September, 2020 ¨C Ministers of Foreign Affairs of?Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?adopted?a?Roadmap for Accelerated Implementation of the Vienna?Programme?of Action?during their annual meeting?in the virtual sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.?&
BACKGROUND
The?coronavirus?pandemic is the?greatest?global health crisis?in the?world?and, in the words of the United Nations Secretary-General,?the greatest challenge?civilisation has?faced since World War Two.?
The webinar will provide an opportunity to contribute to the global conversation on ¡°creating the future we want by 2045¡± and to leverage multilateralism in accelerating the VPoA and SDGs in LLDCs.
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OHRLLS is joining with the United Nations¡¯ Food and Agriculture Organisation to present the?most recent data and analysis on hunger, food security and malnutrition in the three groups of most vulnerable countries.
This virtual session is a space for participants and the development community to learn, share and explore the measures being taken by Ãå±±½ûµØAgencies, governments and the digital industry to provide resilient connectivity - through access to broadband - and its importance in current global crises like COVID-19.
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