The Doha Action ProgramAs its official name suggests, has been designed as a road map to 2031, to foster strengthened commitments between the least developed countries and their development partners.
“The world is spinning under cascading effects of complex, intertwined challenges and structural constraints and limited financial capacity that The least developed countries are the first and often the most severely affected,” speak Csaba Kőrösi at the opening ceremony of the high-level event of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on the plan as a driving force for the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
He said slowing global economic growth projections were taking place amid the bleak backdrop of soaring inflation, fragmented global supply chains and the triple threat of the food and fuel crisis. and finance.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) affected by The lingering effects of these interconnected crises are often the ones least responsible for the global trends hitting them.including climate change.
Doha Plan ‘opens new window’
The world’s 46 LDCs – a category reviewed every three years by the Development Commission – are low-income countries facing serious structural obstacles to sustainable development. They are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets.
with The “domino effect” of their limitations threatens to reverse decades of development gains. In light of the current crises, he said the Doha Action Program, “opens up a New window“.
innovative products
The action plan, which will be in force from 2022 to 2031, “represents a new generation of renewed and strengthened commitments” among their development partners, including the private sector, civil society, and the public. government and authorities at all levels, he said.
Some of the innovative features of the action plan include setting up a online universitybuilding an online college-level support platform science, technology and engineeringand create a investment support center.
The goal is to provide a roadmap to overcome the impact of ongoing global crises, build a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the pandemic, and to build resilience to future shocksMr. Kőrösi said.
“In other words, to help us all get back to the 2030 Agenda,” he said. “This is the time to show solidarity with the most vulnerable countries by making commitments rather than turning away from them.”
46 countries need to do their part to expand their social safety net and improving the domestic environment through good governance and improved efficiency, and development partners also need deliver on their commitmenthe say.
UN Conference in Doha
Reflecting this sentiment, the theme “from potential to prosperity” adopted for the second part of the Fifth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, to be held in Doha from 5 to 9 March.
World leaders, civil society and private sector partners and young people will gather to develop plans for the implementation of the Agenda of Action that Member States adopted at the sub-division. the first session, held on 17 March last year at United Nations Headquarters. A statement on their efforts and the challenges ahead is expected to be adopted at the Doha conference.
‘We have the tools’
The conference will be a “important occasion to renew global commitment to support the poorest and most vulnerable members of our human family,” said the President of the General Assembly. “Through science, technology and innovation, we have the tools to build a sustainable recovery.”
Encouraging collective efforts to ensure the action plan is delivered on time, he said such initiatives “will give us all a chance to catch up on the 2030 goals.”
To mark the beginning of the Doha conference, United Nations Postal Service release plan, on March 5th, a set of three postage stamps.
