Fourth Conference on Least Developed Contries
Civil Society Forum Opening Ceremony (8 May 2011)
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Published on Fri, 2011-05-20 08:36
Source: Agenda Global, The Star The Fourth United Nations Conferences onthe Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ended last Friday in Istanbul with new pledges to supporth those 47 nations. However, the success of this meeting is determined on whether a strong follow-up structure is built to monitor and fulfill the pledges, wrote Martin Khor, executive director of South Centre, in his last column for the newspaper The Star, of Malaysia, and Agenda Global. The LDCs are even more vulnerable than before to the fluctuations of the world economy and the prospects are anything but bright. |
Published on Fri, 2011-05-13 07:43
Sources: Inside reporting - IPS The LDC Civil Society Forum Istanbul Declaration The Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) finished this week in Istanbul with the approval of a plan of action that “has no teeth and appears to have left the people living in the LDCs in a worse position than before”, said Arjun Karki, international coordinator of LDC Watch and spokesperson of the Civil Society Forum of the meeting. |
Published on Wed, 2011-05-11 07:42
Source: LDC Watch The fact “that poor and marginalised people in LDCs have gained little from the past decade” is a “bitter reality” that made the civil society work on its “own programmes for action beyond” the United Nations Fourth Conference on Least Developed Contries (UNLDC-IV), said Arjun Karki, international coordinator of LDC Watch. |
Published on Wed, 2011-05-11 07:37
Source: Civil Society Forum Civil society leaders urged governments to an “urgent and radical shift from the current development paradigm to genuine pro-people development,” and overcome their disagreements to finalise the United Nations Fourth Conference on Least Developed Contries (UNLDC-IV) with a a Programme of Action that can have a real impact on the lives of people. |
Published on Tue, 2011-05-10 11:46
Source: Better Aid “It is a tragedy that even in the 21st century there are still countries and populations categorized as poor, excluded, vulnerable, east developed, developing and developed,” said the international alliance of civil society organisatiosn Better Aid, in a statement previous to the United Nations Fourth LDCs Conference (UN LDC-IV) that takes place in Istanbul this week. |
Published on Tue, 2011-05-10 07:25
The “least developed countries” (LCDs) of the Arab region “witness the same people’s mobilizations calling for democratic reforms” than the rest, warned the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), in a statement launched to raise its concerns to the United Nations Fourth LDCs Conference (UN LDC-IV) that takes place in Istanbul this week. |
“It is with great sadness that we have to report today that in relation with the 48 countries listed as LDCs the commitments included in the Millennium Declaration and the Brussels Program of Action are not being met,” said Roberto Bissio on behalf of Social Watch, at the United Nations General Assembly interactive hearings with civil society on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in New York, April 1.
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