Poor countries at UN forum call for greater voice in international financing
At the end of the three-day meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, ministers and senior officials said the LDCs must key18148 be allowed to benefit from the opportunities arising from trade, investment and financial flows.
The High-level Asia-Pacific Policy Dialogue, sponsored by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), was held to develop a unified position ahead of a global review next year in Turkey on progress made in implementing the Brussels Programme of Action of 2001 that seeks to slash extreme poverty and key18150 hunger in LDCs by 2015 and
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“It constitutes a regional position in support of the interests and aspirations of the Asia-Pacific LDCs to build an inclusive and key18140 sustainable development part in partnership with their development partners from the region and beyond,” ESCAP Executive Secretary Noeleen Heyzer said, calling the meeting’s outcome statement key18136 a turning point in addressing the development issues and challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region.
Noting that climate key18147 change key18143 and the food, fuel and financial crises exposed their acute vulnerabilities to external shocks that could derail development gains, the officials called for LDC representation on the Financial Stability Board set up key18142 by the G20 group key18145 of developed and developing nations and for a greater LDC presence in international financial institutions.
They stressed that LDCs are on the frontline of the key18141 effects of climate change and should be given due priority in key18144 the provision of resources promised by last December’s UN climate summit in Copenhagen.
They discussed issues related to key18138 reducing poverty and hunger by promoting sustainable and inclusive development in the LDCs, promoting food security through sustainable agriculture, enhancing their share in global trade, aid and financial flows and key18139 key18149 promoting their key18146 productive capacity.
The participants were Afghanistan, key18137 Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Yemen.