The Doha Political Declaration was adopted to a round of applause in the plenary hall of the Qatar National Convention Centre, where LDC5 has been under way since 5 March. Ushering in new era of solidarity, and enormous socio-economic benefits for world’s 46 least developed countries, today’s action comes nearly one year after the DPoA…
An extremist leader in Sweden desecrated the Koran and burned it in public; Photo: File Geneva: At the meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Arab countries described the global silence on the burning of the Holy Quran as disappointing. According to the international news agency, the Arab countries protested at the meeting…
Notwithstanding progress in increasing enrolment rates for primary education, 16.2 per cent of children of primary school age were out of school in least developed countries (LDCs) in 2019 and almost half of children out of school worldwide are in those same countries, with girls, children with disabilities and other children in vulnerable situations disproportionately…
According to the report, 4 Muslim countries are likely to join the Abrahamic covenants in the coming months. Israel is negotiating with the Muslim countries of Indonesia, Somalia, Niger and Mauritania to expand the Abrahamic covenants. According to the Israeli media report, the progress to normalize the relations with Saudi Arabia is at a standstill….
An international airport in Russia Russia is working to facilitate visa procedures for 6 countries, including India, Syria, Indonesia, Angola, Vietnam and the Philippines. According to the Russian news agency, Russia is also making progress on visa-free entry agreements with 11 countries. These countries include Saudi Arabia, Barbados, Haiti, Zambia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico and Trinidad….
On Monday at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), a series of roundtable discussions saw global leaders, ci confront two of the most fundamental hurdles facing LDCs: how to make better use of science, technology and innovation (STI), and how to promote structural transformations that can help overcome the real impediments…
Three years after the world began its epic struggle against COVID-19, the least developed countries (LDCs) – already grappling with severe structural impediments to sustainable development and highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks – have found themselves stranded amid a rising tide of crisis, uncertainty, climate chaos and deep global injustice. “Systems are stretched…
Doha: The United Nations has called the rich countries of the world responsible for the difficult lives of the people of other poor countries. In this regard, while addressing the meeting regarding the development of poor countries in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, blamed the rich…
Doha: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the pressure put on the poor countries by the rich countries and said that the rich countries are harassing the poor countries with evil tactics. Antonio Guterres, speaking at the summit on the development of poor countries in Qatar on Saturday, has said that…
“Countries with the least need support the most. And you need it now. You represent one in eight people on earth. But your countries are trapped in vicious cycles that make development difficult, if not impossible,” Mr. Guterres told the Summit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in Doha, Qatar Today’s Summit of Heads of State…
