Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 88a3rd United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

13 versions · 1989–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/213

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What subjects does this mandate have?

17 topics

Bretton Woods Institutions Consultations Developed Countries Development Assistance Evaluation Research Foreign Trade Funds International Financial Institutions Least Developed Countries Participants Poverty Mitigation Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Report Preparation Resources Mobilization Task Forces

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2005–2006.

2006A/61/82Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 report of the Secretary-General
2005A/60/81Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs

Reiterates its deep concern over the weak implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010;Error: Reference source not found

Urges the least developed countries and their bilateral and multilateral development partners to increase concerted efforts and speedy measures for meeting the goals and targets of the Programme of Action in a timely manner;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure at the secretariat level the full mobilization and coordination of all parts of the United Nations system to facilitate coordinated implementation as well as coherence in the follow-up to and monitoring of the Programme of Action at the national, regional, subregional and global levels, and in this context requests the Secretary-General to engage the United Nations Development Group’s team leaders, consistent with their respective mandates, in the coordinated implementation of activities of the Programme of Action;

Invites the 2005 high-level event, in accordance with the modalities to be set by the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, to address the special needs of the least developed countries, while reviewing the progress made in the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;

Decides to hold the comprehensive review of the Programme of Action in 2006 within the General Assembly during its sixty-first session, in accordance with paragraph 114 of the Programme of Action, bearing in mind the provisions of General Assembly resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003, with modalities to be decided upon;

Decides also to consider at its sixtieth session the modalities for conducting such a comprehensive review;

Reiterates the critical importance of the participation of government representatives from the least developed countries in the annual review of the Programme of Action by the Economic and Social Council, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to establish a specific trust fund for the travel and subsistence of two representatives from each least developed country to attend the annual review of the Programme of Action; the trust fund should be funded by voluntary contributions;

Calls upon Member States, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to make voluntary contributions to the trust fund;

Welcomes the decision of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at its eleventh session to conduct analyses through the Least Developed Countries Report, 2004Error: Reference source not found on the causes of the decline in the share of least developed countries in world trade and the linkages between trade, growth and poverty reduction, with a view to identifying long-term solutions to the problem, as expressed in paragraph 34 of the São Paulo Consensus, and invites the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to conduct an analysis of the role that enterprise development can play in alleviating poverty in least developed countries and to recommend measures the Governments of least developed countries can take to promote the development of their private sector;

Emphasizes the importance of the effective implementation of Economic and Social Council resolution 2004/66 in order to support countries graduating from the list of least developed countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit an annual progress report on the implementation of the Programme of Action in an analytical and results-oriented way by placing emphasis on concrete results and indicating the progress achieved in its implementation.

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