11 June 2022. "WTO Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Mr Sandagdorj Erdenebileg of the UN High Representative for Least-Developed Countries signed a partnership agreement on 11 June in Geneva aimed at strengthening cooperation to boost the participation of least-developed countries in the global trading system.
Joint Roundtable co-convened by the Group of Friends of Decent Work and the Group of Friends of LDCs. Co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the Â鶹APP, ILO and UN-OHRLLS.
29 April 2022, 10:00-11:30am
Conference Room 12, Â鶹APP Headquarters.
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The Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2022-2031 (DPoA) was adopted today, 17 March 2022, in the first part of the Fifth Â鶹APP Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5).
For more information on the DPoA and its six focus areas:?Doha Programme of Action | 5th Â鶹APP Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5)
The Â鶹APP Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), the Â鶹APP Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) and the Â鶹APP Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), in partnership with the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) will jointly launch the ¡°Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the least Developed Countries: From the Istanbul Programme of Action to Achieving Sustainable and Resilient Development¡± publication.
24 December 2021. Given the rise in COVID-19 cases around the globe, the LDC5 conference has been postponed. A decision on new dates is expected to be taken by the General Assembly in January. More information at /ldc5/.
22 December 2021. The draft of the new comprehensive programme of action for LDCs, the?Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries?(DPoA) has been approved. The Programme?will be formally adopted by world leaders at LDC5.
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The LDC Future Forum will bring together the academic community, policymakers and practitioners to solicit new thinking on the challenges and make policy recommendations for LDCs for the next decade. It?will contribute to the Fifth Â鶹APP Conference on LDCs (LDC5), taking place in Doha in January 2022, addressing structural challenges and emerging issues faced by LDCs.
