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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Building productive capacities for sustainable development in the L
 DCs 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Preparatory meeting on the road to UNCTAD 15 and LDC5\n\nObject
 ive\n\nThis webinar aims to equip member States with a deeper understandin
 g of the technical and substantive role that building\, maintaining\, and 
 utilizing productive capacities plays in laying the foundations for a sust
 ained and inclusive growth path for the least developed countries (LDCs). 
 It intends to provide member States in Geneva and New York with an opportu
 nity to reflect on the critical role of productive capacities in building 
 back better from crises\, kickstarting the process of structural transform
 ation needed to achieve graduation\, and in the long run\, achieving susta
 inable development.\n\nGiven the COVID-19 realities\, the webinar will pro
 vide a space for member States to explore innovative ways and strategies t
 o address the trade and development challenges facing the LDCs. Member Sta
 tes can seize this opportunity to further their preparations for the upcom
 ing Fifteenth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD15
 ) and the Fifth United Nations Conference on the LDCs (LDC5) and find tran
 sformative measures that will help member States to go beyond what has bee
 n done in the past to catalyze the LDC agenda and to rethink how to addres
 s development.\n\nProgramme\n\nModerator/Chair\n\nH.E. Mr. Federico Villeg
 as\, President of the Trade and Development Board and Ambassador and Perma
 nent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations in Geneva\n\nOpenin
 g remarks\n\nMs. Isabelle Durant\, Acting Secretary-General of UNCTAD\n\nS
 peakers\n\n\nMs. Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu\, United Nations Under-S
 ecretary General and High Representative\, OHRLLS\nH.E. Mr. Perks Ligoya\,
  Ambassador of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations\, Global Chair
  of the Group of Least Developed Countries\nH.E. Mr. Magzhan Ilyassov\, Am
 bassador of Kazakhstan to the United Nations and chair of the Group of Lan
 dlocked Developing Countries\nMr. Taffere Tesfachew\, Principal Advisor\, 
 Ethiopian Investment Commission and member of the Committee for Developmen
 t Policy – ECOSOC\n\n\nFollowed by exchange of views and statements by m
 ember States.\n\nModalities\n\nThe event will be held online in English vi
 a WebEx. Participation is open to representatives and delegates of member 
 States based in Geneva and New York.\n\n \n\nJoin the webinar\nhttps://rt
 ce-unog.webex.com/rtce-unog/j.php?MTID=mc6aec360373bf133c21a28d3d6f97f4f\n
 \nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/building-producti
 ve-capacities-sustainable-development-ldcs
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