Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference
on the Least Developed Countries
A/RES/74/232
on Trade and Development, the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund
and regional bodies according to their respective mandates;
54. Decides that the Office of the High Representative shall be the focal point
for the substantive and organizational preparations for the Conference, in accordance
with mandates given in General Assembly resolution 56/227 of 24 December 2001,
to ensure that those preparations are carried out effectively and to mobilize and
coordinate the active involvement of the entire United Nations system;
55. Also decides that the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative
for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small
Island Developing States shall serve as the Secretary-General of the Conference, and
be responsible for making the arrangements necessary for carrying out the work of
the Conference;
56. Reiterates the critical importance of the full and effective participation of
the least developed countries in the Conference and its preparatory processes at the
national, regional and global levels, stresses that adequate resources should be
provided, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to mobilize voluntary
contributions in order to cover the cost of the participation of government
representatives from the least developed countries;
57. Invites Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations, major groups and other donors to contribute in a timely manner to the
trust fund in support of activities undertaken by the Office of the High Representative
to support the implementation, follow-up and monitoring of the Istanbul Programme
of Action and the participation of the representatives from the least developed
countries in the high-level political forum on sustainable development of the
Economic and Social Council as well as in other relevant forums and the Conference
and its preparatory process, and in this regard expresses its appreciation to those
countries that have made voluntary contributions to the trust fund;
58. Requests the Secretary-General, with the assistance of relevant
organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, including the Department of
Global Communications of the Secretariat, in collaboration with the Office of the
High Representative, to take the measures necessary to intensify their p ublic
information efforts and other appropriate initiatives to enhance public awareness of
the Conference, including by highlighting its objectives and its significance;
59. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at
its seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of
Action over the past 10 years, identifying, inter alia, progress made, lessons learned
and best practices, as well as structural constraints and handicaps encountered in
achieving the objectives of the Programme of Action, and decides to include in the
provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “Groups of
countries in special situations”, the sub-item entitled “Follow-up to the Fourth United
Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries”.
52nd plenary meeting
19 December 2019
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