Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States - Support /ohrlls/tags/support en United Nations Support to the Least Developed Countries /ohrlls/news/united-nations-support-least-developed-countries <div class="field field-name-field-featured-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div id="file-3963--2" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <h2 class="element-invisible"><a href="/ohrlls/file/3963">49849279001_d835783662_o.jpg</a></h2> <div class="content"> <img class="panopoly-image-original img-responsive" src="/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/styles/panopoly_image_original/public/news_articles/49849279001_d835783662_o.jpg?itok=FlTeSK5S" alt="" title="Expansion of the infrastructure in Zambia" /><div class="field field-name-field-file-image-title-text field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Expansion of the infrastructure in Zambia</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-uw-image-copyright field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Copyright:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Marcel Crozet / ILO</div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This report was prepared by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-OHRLLS per its mandate to serve as a focal point for the Fifth Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) and to mobilize and coordinate the active involvement of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ system (as requested in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly 73/242).</p> <p>The report discusses how Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ system entities and other related organizations support the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and provides an overview of how they have supported the LDCs in the context of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA). The report builds on best practices undertaken by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ system to support the efforts made by the LDCs in implementing the IPoA and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</p> <p>It also highlights challenges faced by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ system on the ground, and action needed to strengthen its support in LDCs, benefiting also from<br /> perspectives shared by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Resident Coordinators on how the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ system could best support the LDCs to advance the SDGs.</p> <p>Furthermore, the report provides recommendations on how to strengthen the effectiveness of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ system in promoting sustainable development in the LDCs through examples that have had a positive and transformative impact on the ground.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p><img alt="" src="/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/download_icon.png" style="height: 75px; width: 75px; float: left;" /><a href="/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/united_nations_support_to_the_least_developed_countries.pdf">Full Report</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-front-page-article field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Front Page Article:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:14:00 +0000 HSASS 1800 at /ohrlls