Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 23a4th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, published in 2011.

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13 versions · 1989–2012

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Civil Society Conferences Coordination Within UN System Extrabudgetary Financing Hearings Least Developed Countries Non-Governmental Organizations Programme Implementation Public Information Report Preparation

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010;Error: Reference source not found

Decides to convene the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Istanbul, Turkey, from 9 to 13 May 2011 at the highest possible level, in line with the mandate specified by the General Assembly in resolution 63/227, in view of the critical importance of the Conference;

Also decides to reschedule the second session of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee and to hold it in New York from 4 to 8 April 2011, for five working days;

Welcomes the progress being made in the preparatory process of the Conference, and takes note of the outcome of the Asia-Pacific regional preparatory meeting, held in Dhaka from 18 to 20 January 2010, and the outcome of the Africa regional preparatory meeting, held in Addis Ababa on 8 and 9 March 2010;

Notes with appreciation the Ministerial Meeting on the theme “Enhancing the mobilization of financial resources for the development of the least developed countries”, held in Lisbon on 2 and 3 October 2010;

Looks forward to the Ministerial Meeting on the theme “Harnessing the positive contribution of South-South cooperation for the development of the least developed countries”, to be hosted by the Government of India in New Delhi early in 2011;

Welcomes the establishment by the Secretary-General of the Group of Eminent Persons for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries;

Also welcomes the appointment by the Secretary-General of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States as the Secretary-General of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries;

Requests the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, as the focal point for the preparations for the Conference, to ensure effective, efficient and timely preparations for the Conference and to further mobilize and coordinate the active involvement of the organizations of the United Nations system;

Recognizes the importance of the contribution of civil society actors at the Conference and during its preparatory process, and in this regard stresses the need for their active participation in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General Assembly;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to organize, within existing resources, a day of informal interactive hearings with civil society actors in due time before the second session of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee, in consultation with Member States, in particular the least developed countries, the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee, the Civil Society Steering Committee and the representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, as appropriate;

Invites the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General of the Conference to preside jointly over the informal interactive hearings, and requests the President of the Assembly to prepare a summary of the hearings, to be issued as an Assembly document prior to the Conference;

Invites the President of the General Assembly to consult with the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee, the Civil Society Steering Committee, the representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and Member States, in particular the least developed countries, as appropriate, concerning the list of representatives of non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations that may participate in the informal interactive hearings with civil society, in the meetings of the Civil Society Forum of the Conference and in the Conference itself;

Invites all development partners and other relevant stakeholders, including Member States, the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and other relevant international and regional organizations, within their respective mandates, parliaments, civil society, non-governmental organizations, philanthropic organizations and the private sector, to continue to remain fully engaged in the preparatory process of the Conference, including through the organization of thematic pre-conference and parallel events, in order to ensure a successful outcome of the Conference, in line with its previous resolutions in this regard;

Reiterates the critical importance of the effective participation of Government representatives from the least developed countries in the meetings of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee and in the Conference itself;

Expresses its concern about the insufficiency of resources in the Trust Fund for the Least Developed Countries, and, while expressing its appreciation to those countries that have made voluntary contributions, urges Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, major groups and other donors to contribute to the Trust Fund in a timely manner in order to support the substantive preparations for the Conference and the participation of representatives of each least developed country in the preparatory process of the Conference and to defray the cost of the participation of two representatives from each least developed country in the meetings of the Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee and in the Conference itself;

Requests the Secretary-General of the Conference and the Office of the High Representative to intensify mobilization efforts to ensure sufficient extrabudgetary funding from all possible sources for the preparatory process of the Conference and for the Conference itself and to provide information on the status of the Trust Fund;

Requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations, with the assistance of concerned organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, including the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, in collaboration with the Office of the High Representative, to take the measures necessary to intensify their public information efforts and other appropriate initiatives to enhance advocacy and public awareness in favour of the Conference, including by highlighting its objectives and significance;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Conference a ten-year comprehensive report on the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010 identifying, inter alia, lessons learned and best practices as well as structural constraints and handicaps encountered, resource requirements and resource gaps in achieving the set objectives of the Programme of Action;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session a report on the outcome of the Conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the national transition strategies prepared by Governments of graduating countries and the support measures provided by development and trading partners for the States that have graduated or are graduating from least developed country status, in line with resolution 59/209, including on the possible need and likely ways to reinforce the smooth transition;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Groups of countries in special situations”, a sub-item entitled “Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries”.

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