NEW YORK 16 June 2020 ¨C Tackling health crises is not a new experience for Africa¡¯s least developed countries (LDCs), but the COVID-19 pandemic is presenting larger-scale socio-economic challenges few of these vulnerable countries are prepared for.
LDCs
NEW YORK 12 JUNE 2020 ¨C Universal access to sustainable energy remains a major requirement for the world¡¯s most vulnerable countries to gain a foothold in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the extreme vulnerability of LDCs. LDCs are facing an unprecedent challenge in coping with the multifaceted impact of a global health crisis while struggling to stay on track of sustainable development. Without swift and enhanced global assistance, development trajectory of LDCs will bereversed.
BACKGROUND
The COVID-19 pandemic and its enormous impacts ¨C on a scale we have never seen before ¨C have drawn attention to the deep and fragile interconnections between people, planet and prosperity.????
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NEW YORK 28 April 2020 ¨C At a briefing today coordinated by UN-OHRLLS, ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) presented an urgent "global stimulus package for LDCs" to the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms Amina Mohammed.??
NEW YORK 22 April 2020 ¨C A new??from the UN Secretary-General assesses development progress made by the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) since 2011, which is threatened by COVID-19 and the global downturn.