UN / LDC5 DOHA PRESSER
20-Feb-2023
00:01:50
Briefing reporters on the upcoming Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, a UN official said, “How we help the most vulnerable member states through this period of peril is a litmus test for the idea of leaving no one behind and, indeed, for our global commitment to solidarity and cooperation.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / LDC5 DOHA PRESSER
TRT: 01:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
TRT: 01:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, speakers at podium, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Malawi:
“In Qatar, we will propose partnerships and pledges to deliver the Doha programme of action, a roadmap for the entire international community to help the LDCs achieve a resilient recovery from the current crises and accelerate our progress to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.”
4. Med shot, journalists, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“LDCs remain one the most untapped potentials in the world, from natural to human resources. By the end of the decade, one-in-five babies will be born in the LDCs – their youth population are already opening a massive potential demographic dividend. The number of working-age people will double over the next three decades to over one billion in the LDCs, and these young people are extremely entrepreneurial and innovative.”
6. Wide shot, journalists, briefing room
7 SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“If we can address what stands on the way of harnessing the potentials that exist in the LDCs, namely access to finance, structural constraints, trade barriers, ICT limitations, expensive power and energy, etc., the LDCs can be the next centers of excellence for many economic and social innovations.”
8. Wide shot, speakers at podium, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“How we help the most vulnerable member states through this period of peril is a litmus test for the idea of leaving no one behind and, indeed, for our global commitment to solidarity and cooperation.”
10. Wide shot, end of briefing
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
20 FEBRUARY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, speakers at podium, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Republic of Malawi:
“In Qatar, we will propose partnerships and pledges to deliver the Doha programme of action, a roadmap for the entire international community to help the LDCs achieve a resilient recovery from the current crises and accelerate our progress to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.”
4. Med shot, journalists, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“LDCs remain one the most untapped potentials in the world, from natural to human resources. By the end of the decade, one-in-five babies will be born in the LDCs – their youth population are already opening a massive potential demographic dividend. The number of working-age people will double over the next three decades to over one billion in the LDCs, and these young people are extremely entrepreneurial and innovative.”
6. Wide shot, journalists, briefing room
7 SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“If we can address what stands on the way of harnessing the potentials that exist in the LDCs, namely access to finance, structural constraints, trade barriers, ICT limitations, expensive power and energy, etc., the LDCs can be the next centers of excellence for many economic and social innovations.”
8. Wide shot, speakers at podium, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS):
“How we help the most vulnerable member states through this period of peril is a litmus test for the idea of leaving no one behind and, indeed, for our global commitment to solidarity and cooperation.”
10. Wide shot, end of briefing
STORYLINE
Briefing reporters today (20 Feb) on the upcoming Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), a UN official said, “How we help the most vulnerable member states through this period of peril is a litmus test for the idea of leaving no one behind and, indeed, for our global commitment to solidarity and cooperation.”
The conference will take place at the Head of State and Government level from 5 to 9 March in Doha, Qatar.
Besides the general debate and high-level roundtables, there will be parallel tracks with their full agenda and programme, of the private sector, civil society, youth, parliamentarians, the media, and the UN system.
Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, explained that the Conference is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to accelerate sustainable development in the places where international assistance is needed the most.
Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations, and chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group, said, “In Qatar, we will propose partnerships and pledges to deliver the Doha programme of action, a roadmap for the entire international community to help the LDCs achieve a resilient recovery from the current crises and accelerate our progress to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.”
The LDCs have many challenges which stand in the way of their socio-economic development, explained the High Representative.
They constitute 14 percent of the world’s population but less than 1.3 percent of its economic output.
Barely half the people in the LDCs have electricity at home, and fewer than one-in-five has access to the internet.
Yet, “LDCs remain one of the most untapped potentials in the world, from natural to human resources,” continued the High Representative.
“By the end of the decade, one-in-five babies will be born in the LDCs – their youth population are already opening a massive potential demographic dividend. The number of working-age people will double over the next three decades to over one billion in the LDCs, and these young people are extremely entrepreneurial and innovative,” she said.
Of the 46 LDCs, 16 are on track to graduating from the category and integrating more fully into the global economy.
According to the High Representative, the 46 LDCs represent a growing market, manufacturing, and services hub; the right investment in the LDCs will essentially mean that they will emerge as the driver for global growth.
She stated, “If we can address what stands in the way of harnessing the potentials that exist in the LDCs, namely access to finance, structural constraints, trade barriers, ICT limitations, expensive power, and energy, etc., the LDCs can be the next centers of excellence for many economic and social innovations.”
The conference will take place at the Head of State and Government level from 5 to 9 March in Doha, Qatar.
Besides the general debate and high-level roundtables, there will be parallel tracks with their full agenda and programme, of the private sector, civil society, youth, parliamentarians, the media, and the UN system.
Rabab Fatima, UN High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, explained that the Conference is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to accelerate sustainable development in the places where international assistance is needed the most.
Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations, and chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group, said, “In Qatar, we will propose partnerships and pledges to deliver the Doha programme of action, a roadmap for the entire international community to help the LDCs achieve a resilient recovery from the current crises and accelerate our progress to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.”
The LDCs have many challenges which stand in the way of their socio-economic development, explained the High Representative.
They constitute 14 percent of the world’s population but less than 1.3 percent of its economic output.
Barely half the people in the LDCs have electricity at home, and fewer than one-in-five has access to the internet.
Yet, “LDCs remain one of the most untapped potentials in the world, from natural to human resources,” continued the High Representative.
“By the end of the decade, one-in-five babies will be born in the LDCs – their youth population are already opening a massive potential demographic dividend. The number of working-age people will double over the next three decades to over one billion in the LDCs, and these young people are extremely entrepreneurial and innovative,” she said.
Of the 46 LDCs, 16 are on track to graduating from the category and integrating more fully into the global economy.
According to the High Representative, the 46 LDCs represent a growing market, manufacturing, and services hub; the right investment in the LDCs will essentially mean that they will emerge as the driver for global growth.
She stated, “If we can address what stands in the way of harnessing the potentials that exist in the LDCs, namely access to finance, structural constraints, trade barriers, ICT limitations, expensive power, and energy, etc., the LDCs can be the next centers of excellence for many economic and social innovations.”
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