Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries A/RES/74/233 Taking note of the declaration of the annual Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries, held at United Nations Headquarters on 25 September 2019 on the theme “Midterm review of the Vienna Programme of Action: renewed stren gth to accelerate implementation and transformation in landlocked developing countries ”, Recognizing that the Vienna Programme of Action, which is integral to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, is based on renewed and strengthened partnerships for supporting landlocked developing countries in harnessing benefits from international trade, structurally transforming their economies and achieving more inclusive and sustainable growth, Reaffirming the recognition of the special needs and challenges o f landlocked developing countries in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, and affirming further that their effective implementation, together wi th the implementation of the six priority areas of the Vienna Programme of Action, which builds upon the Almaty Programme of Action: Addressing the Special Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries within a New Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation for Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries, 7 can drive the social and economic progress of landlocked developing countries and assist in their transformation from landlocked to land-linked countries, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024; 8 2. Welcomes the convening of the comprehensive high-level midterm review of the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024 2 in New York on 5 and 6 December 2019 and the high-level Political Declaration, 9 in which all the relevant stakeholders are called upon to commit to the accelerated implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action; 3. Notes the convening of the regional review meetings in preparation for the comprehensive high-level midterm review of the Vienna Programme of Action for the Euro-Asia region in Bangkok on 11 and 12 February 2019, for the Africa region in Marrakech, Morocco, on 18 and 19 March 2019 and for the Latin America region in Santiago on 11 and 12 June 2019; 4. Underlines the need to give particular attention to the concerns and specific challenges of landlocked developing countries in all relevant major United Nations conferences and processes; 5. Invites the landlocked developing countries, transit countries, their development partners, the United Nations system and all other actors to implement the relevant actions, consistent with national priorities, agreed upon in the Vienna Programme of Action in its six priority areas in a coordinated, coherent and expeditious manner; 6. Invites Member States that have not yet done so to mainstream the Vienna Programme of Action into their national and sectoral development strategies in order to ensure its effective implementation, and encourages development partners, the __________________ 7 8 9 19-22506 Report of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 28 and 29 August 2003 (A/CONF.202/3), annex I. A/74/113. Resolution 74/15. 3/6