26 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, trade barriers and debt distress are some of the major challenges debated at a high-level meeting of ministers from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of Africa and Haiti this week.
The most ambitious agenda possible for the world¡¯s most vulnerable states will be agreed at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar in January 2022.
Known as LDC5, the meeting will be a major landmark in the efforts of LDCs and their partners to overcome core challenges, including the COVID crisis. ?
Decisions made by world leaders at LDC5 will have the potential to transform the lives of no less than a billion of the world¡¯s most vulnerable people. ?
