LLDCs
The?coronavirus?pandemic is the?greatest?global health crisis?in the?world?and, in the words of the United Nations Secretary-General,?the greatest challenge?civilisation has?faced since World War Two.?
The webinar will provide an opportunity to contribute to the global conversation on ¡°creating the future we want by 2045¡± and to leverage multilateralism in accelerating the VPoA and SDGs in LLDCs.
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OHRLLS is joining with the United Nations¡¯ Food and Agriculture Organisation to present the?most recent data and analysis on hunger, food security and malnutrition in the three groups of most vulnerable countries.
This virtual session is a space for participants and the development community to learn, share and explore the measures being taken by UN Agencies, governments and the digital industry to provide resilient connectivity - through access to broadband - and its importance in current global crises like COVID-19.
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The COVID-19 pandemic¡¯s impact spans the economic, social, environmental and political spheres, with the LLDCs likely amongst those most impacted.
It will undoubtedly pose serious constraints on the pursuit of LLDCs in achieving the goals and targets of the Vienna Programme of Action and the SDGs.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented human tragedy whose health and economic consequences will exacerbate the dramatic disruptions in the life of millions of people.
The pandemic emerged at a time when the world was already on an unsustainable path of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
NEW YORK 9 June 2020 ¨C When borders all over the world close down, what happens to those countries dependent on moving goods and services through them?
NEW YORK 29 May 2020 ¨C The impacts of COVID-19 will have significant long term socio-economic impacts on the world¡¯s Landlocked Developing Countries.