AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (8 August) — As the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries concluded today, world leaders highlighted the need for stronger international solidarity to support those countries’ structural transformation, industrialization, economic diversification and full integration into the regional and global economy.
The security situation across the Sahel is deteriorating rapidly, threatening peace and security in West Africa’s coastal States and beyond, delegates warned the Security Council today, condemning the deliberate targeting and exploitation of women and girls caught in the crossfire.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (7 August) — Amid calls from landlocked developing countries for more transportation infrastructure and transit corridors, one speaker at this morning’s round-table discussion at the Third Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries encouraged those countries to use existing international instruments to enable smoother transit.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (7 August) — Achieving sustainable development requires adequate financing and effective partnerships, speakers heard at the final round-table discussion at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries today, as many spotlighted the urgent need to alleviate the crushing burden of debt.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (6 August) — Speakers from around the world today emphasized that integrating landlocked developing countries into the global economy will benefit everyone, as the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries held its second round-table discussion on the theme “Seizing the transformative potential of trade, trade facilitation and regional integration for landlocked developing countries”.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (6 August) — “There are no natural disasters; all disasters are human-induced,” underscored an expert at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries today.
Amid an evolving and challenging international security landscape, speakers in the Security Council underscored the continued relevance of its Committee tasked with monitoring and supporting efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (5 August) — From climate-smart agriculture to ethical use of artificial intelligence, landlocked developing countries must harness science, technology and innovation as development tools, experts and ministers underscored at the first round-table discussion of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.
AWAZA, TURKMENISTAN (5 August) — Serdar Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan and President of the Conference, will make opening remarks as the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries begins this morning in Awaza, Turkmenistan.
Nothing can justify the starvation and disproportionate suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, delegates told the Security Council today, as they called for the immediate and unconditional release of the remaining hostages, who have been held in captivity by Hamas for 669 days.
