"LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES"

According to the International Telecommunication Union, only 30 percent of women globally have access to the Internet. UNTV CH

WTO members concluded the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi on 2 March with the adoption of a Ministerial Declaration setting out a forward-looking, reform agenda for the organization. WTO

In a four-day meeting organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are discussing challenges such as how to harness the potential of a dynamic region in transforming the ways in which food is produced and distributed globally, while also tackling persistent problems like hunger and poverty. FAO

Press conference by Rabab Fatima, High Representative, Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, on the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), which will be held in Kigali, in Rwanda, in June of this year.

Global economic growth is projected to slow from an estimated 2.7 percent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024, trending below the pre-pandemic growth rate of 3.0 per cent, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2024 report. UNIFEED

Adoption of the reports of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee).

A new report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds more lives are being protected from dangerous climate change but there is a long way to go. Half of countries globally are still not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems. UNDRR

Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on his participation in the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; as well as his recent official travel to the Cook Islands for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), and existential threats of sea-level rise amidst the climate crisis on the upcoming COP28.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

During a first ever meeting of senior officials of all members in Geneva, the World Trade Organization reached an important milestone today, in the global efforts to support least-developed countries (LDCs) on the path to graduation from LDC status. The decision was taken as Senior Officials gather to prepare for the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13), scheduled for February 2024 in Abu Dhabi. WTO