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Background
The Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) was held from 18 to 21 June 2024, in Kigali, Rwanda, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 76/217, 77/246, and 77/329. The Conference undertook a comprehensive appraisal of the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action, which had been adopted by the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries held in Vienna, Austria, in 2014.
In its resolution 77/246, the General Assembly also requested the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Economic and Social Council to organize a half-day dedicated thematic event in the second half of 2023 to provide substantive input to the Conference.
Addressing the unique challenges of the LLDCs requires comprehensive policies at national, regional, and global levels. Massive investment in all forms of infrastructure, robust transit systems with harmonization and digitalization, modern transport corridors, and regional integration can offer new opportunities for LLDCs to access the sea and participate more actively in the global trading system.
The GA-ECOSOC thematic event was an extraordinary opportunity to address the special needs and challenges of LLDCs and provide substantive inputs to the Third UN Conference on LLDCs.
Participants
Participants included Member States, Observers, UN System, non-governmental organizations in consultative status with ECOSOC, other relevant Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, academic institutions, and the private sector.
Programme Overview
The High-Level Opening of the event featured statements by the President of the General Assembly, the President of the Economic and Social Council, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Under Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Botswana, as a representative from a landlocked developing country and in capacity as Chair of LLDCs.
Following the opening segment, three keynote speakers were invited to address the meeting. Then, Member States delivered general statements on their priorities for the next 10-year Programme of Action for the LLDCs.
There was no pre-established list of speakers. Time limits for interventions were three minutes for individual delegations and five minutes for interventions on behalf of a group of States. For planning purposes, delegations were requested to register their expressions of interest to speak through e-deleGATE. The event also featured interventions from representatives of relevant stakeholders. The event ended with a short closing segment.