MEDIA ADVISORY
World leaders to gather in Qatar to strengthen commitments to support the most vulnerable countries
UN High Representative to brief on upcoming Conference on Least Developed Countries
Monday 20 February 2023, 12:30 pm EST
Live on UN WebTV
Since the onset of the pandemic, the 46 countries in the least developed category have suffered through inadequate pandemic-fighting resources and spiraling debt, sending their development progress backwards. At the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) on 5 to 9 March, these countries will gather with the rest of the international community to ensure their needs are placed back at the top of the global agenda.
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres, together with approximately 40 Heads of State and Government will join leaders from the UN, corporate world, civil society and youth, to assess progress and agree on new plans and actions.
The five-day conference will feature announcements, dialogues and commitments to deliver on the promise of the Doha Programme of Action, a ten-year compact that commits the world to a new generation of renewed and strengthened commitments. There will be a full programme of events for youth, civil society, parliamentarians, journalists and the private sector.
WHAT:
Press briefing on the plans and proposed outcomes of the Conference
WHO:
Ms. Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Ambassador Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
Ambassador Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of LDCs
WHEN:
Monday 20 February 2023, 12:30 pm EST
WHERE:
UN Press Briefing Room S-237 or follow live on UN WebTV
Key links
Website: https://www.un.org/ldc5/
Programme: https://www.un.org/ldc5/programme
Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit: https://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/
Media Accreditation
Please note the following deadline for onsite media accreditation:
On-site registration in Doha: Tuesday 28 February to 9 March 2023
For more information, please contact the UN Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit at malu@un.org or 1-212 963 6934.
Social Media
Please follow us on the LDC5 Conference, using the hashtag #LDC5. Follow us on Twitter @UNOHRLLS
Media contact
Conor O’Loughlin, Head of Advocacy, OHRLLS: conor.oloughlin@un.org
Background Notes
- The Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States is the organising office of LDC5 within the United Nations.
- The Doha Programme of Action can be viewed on the LDC5 website here.
- The LDCs are: Afghanistan; Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Kiribati; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Niger; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Timor-Leste; Togo; Tuvalu; Uganda; United Republic of Tanzania; Yemen and Zambia. Vanuatu was the latest country to graduate from the category and did so in late 2020.
- To learn more about the Least Developed Country category and the criteria used for graduation, see the LDC5 website here.
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