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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Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you Ambassador Umarov, for inviting me to participate in this meeting.
I appreciate the opportunity to update you on the work that OHRLLS undertakes? and to consult with you on ways of advancing the development agenda of the LLDCs.
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.
The 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report highlights the most recent and authoritative estimates of the extent of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition around the world.
Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to our Webinar.
I thank all of you for the great cooperation so we can have this event. I extend special thanks to my colleague, the ?Director-General QU Dongyu of FAO.
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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Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
Ambassador Umarov, we certainly meet frequently virtually! Thank you so much for co-organizing this side event with UN-OHRLLS.?
Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
I ?warmly welcome you to our webinar.
This is our second webinar organized by UN DESA on Sustainable Transport and COVID-19: Response and Recovery.
Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
We now close our tenth Inter-Agency Consultative Group Meeting.?
I ?thank you all for your great level of participation today.
