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LDC Watch statement at the 68th session of the UN ESCAP |
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The 68th session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has commenced here in Bangkok today 17 May. LDC Watch was allowed to present its statement at the substantive session of the Senior Officials Segment under Agenda Item 3a: Macroeconomic policy, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Development. We were given the usual 2-3minutes time slot!
The attached statement is based on the two day deliberations of the "Asia LDC Civil Society Strategy Assembly towards the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) for LDCs for the Decade 2011-2020" organised by LDC Watch in collaboration with the ESCAP and the UN-OHRLLS on 15-16 May in Bangkok.
Click here to view the Statement by LDC Watch presented at the 68th UN ESCAP session.
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UNCTAD XIII, 21-26 April 2012, Doha, Qatar |
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The UNCTAD is the UN's most important organisation which was established in 1964 to support developing countries and in the context of the LDCs, it was instrumental in identifying and setting up the LDC Group as the most vulnerable group of countries. UNCTAD's core mandate is to serve as the focal point for trade and development and is the single universal forum in this regard for its 194 member states.
Currently, the thirteenth quadrennial session of the UNCTAD (UNCTAD XIII) is taking place in Doha under the theme "Development-centred globalisation: Towards inclusive and sustainable growth and development", which commenced on 21 April and will end on 26 April. The conference will conclude with an outcome document that will set the scope and mandate of UNCTAD's work for the next four years.
UNCTAD's crucial work in the field of development has been towards offering alternative views to those of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and especially in the context of the global financial and economic crises, it has been critical of the finance-driven globalisation pushed by the Washington Consensus that is synonymous with the principles of market fundamentalism and neoliberalism. And, it is in this very context, that the current official negotiations is being dominated by efforts by the developed countries (the JUSSCKANZ group) - Japan, US, Switzerland, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand including the European Union and Israel - to crush UNCTAD's mandate to continue to analyse and offer pro-development policy advice on global macroeconomic issues, including the role of global finance in development. The key dominant agenda is, therefore, defending of the UNCTAD's crucial mandate by the developing countries against the strong pressure of the developed countries to stifle it.
- Click here for the Civil Society Statement on the UNCTAD XIII Outcome.
- Click here for the UNCTAD Press Release on the UNCTAD XIII Outcome
- Click here for the official outcome document- "Doha Mandate"
- Click here for the official political declaration - "Doha Manar"
- Click here for the full version of the Civil Society Declaration to UNCTAD XIII.
- Click here for the Executive Summary of the UNCTAD XIII Civil Society Forum Declaration
- Click here for the Civil Society Forum Statement of 22 April addressed to Governments and Negotiators at the UNCTAD XIII
- Click here for the Draft Outcome Document as of 16 April that is being currently negotiated
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Statement by Dr. Arjun Karki at the Ministerial Meeting of the LDCs |
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Statement by Dr. Arjun Karki, International Co-ordinator, at the Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries, Thirtienth Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII)
19 april 2012, Doha, Qatar
 Honourable Chairperson and Co-ordinator of LDC Group Minister Lekh Raj Bhatta, Dr. Supachai, Ambassador Diarra, Ambassador Ali, Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, colleagues and friends,
I would like to thank the Chair and the UNCTAD for allowing me to speak in this very important session of the UNCTAD XIII. This is indeed a strategic political opportunity to voice our people’s concerns to our very own governments at this crucial global conference on trade and development.
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Statement by Dr. Arjun Karki at the International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change |
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Statement by Dr. Arjun Karki, International Co-ordinator at the International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change
Panel Discussion on Climate Change on the Mountains: Knowledge Generation, Ecosystem Services, Livelihoods and Mountain Agenda
5-6 April 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal
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The International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change started yesterday 5 April in Kathmandu. The conference is the first Ministerial Meeting of Mountain Countries as a part of the Mountain Initiative process under the political leadership of Nepal. The Mountain Initiative process originated at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP 15 to the UNFCCC) in December 2009.
The main objectives of the Kathmandu conference are to provide a forum for the mountain countries across the globe to share their knowledge and experiences on the impact of climate change in their countries and to forge a common approach to deal with specific concerns relating to mountain countries in the context of today’s climate change crisis. The fact that mountain issues not getting due attention in official climate change negotiations is also the key thrust of the Mountain Initiative process. The conference will conclude with a Kathmandu Call for Global Action on Mountains and Climate Change.
Please visit www.moenv.gov.np/newwebsite/mountaininitiative/ for further information.
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