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.??
So what does COVID-19 mean for the most vulnerable?countries and the support they need from the international community??
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.?
Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is my pleasure to join you at this Second Committee side event.
I thank Special Representative Mami Mizutori and team for her leadership on this event, as well as the ILO and UN Women for their close partnership.
This fifth report on the State of the LDCs is?a call to action. The report assesses progress in achieving the goals and targets of the Istanbul Programme of Action and then focuses on what has to happen to reduce vulnerability and building resilience in the LDCs.?
Achieving the 2030 Agenda will be a challenge for?all?countries. It is however particularly?salient for the 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) where levels of deprivation are acute, infrastructure is inadequate, economies are vulnerable and capital is in short supply.Yet these are the countries we need to reach first if we are to meet the aspiration to “leave no one behind”.
