Experts from English-speaking African LDCs meeting at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last March, said the Programme of Action had failed to address the development problems of LDCs and to deliver the desired results.

UN: [21 Jul 2000] DEV/2253 : LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY

Support for LDCs should also include implementation of their fast-track accession to the World Trade Organization and their participation in multilateral trade negotiations.

UN: [21 Jul 2000] DEV/2253 : LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY

Equitably harnessed and properly managed, all these resources can yield high-returns on investments for the benefit of the LDCs and the global economy.

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What the LDCs, Aosis and the EU are seeking is a firm timetable - a mandate - leading to a new treaty.

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Formulate project proposals and mobilise extra-budgetary resources to support operational projects for the benefit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), with emphasis on multidisciplinary and science policy projects.

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The United Nations is committed to helping LDCs overcome the challenges they face, and we are delighted to work with parliamentarians and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to do so.

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There are a heck of a lot of them - the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) and the Least Developed Countries bloc (LDCs) have more than 70 members combined.

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