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 19-22505 11/11

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