President of the Republic of Malawi Dr Lazarus Chakwera, and Chairman of the Group of Least Developed Countries, valued the State of Qatar's provision of a financial contribution of a total of $60 million, to support the implementation of the activities of the Doha Programme of Action for the least developed countries, and to support the expected results of the programme and build resilience capacities in the least developed countries.
In his speech before the opening session of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), on behalf of the group, he called on international partners to follow the example of Qatar, he said, "I am confident that our development partners will respond with the required technical and financial support in the same way that the State of Qatar did."
The President of the Republic of Malawi added, that we must acknowledge that what we are doing here in Doha makes this conference a pivotal point in our contemporary history, a new contemporary stage has arrived in which we find that multilateral international cooperation and cooperation between countries that help each other on an equal footing is the circumstance of today.
The President of the Republic of Malawi called for the participation of the least developed countries in moving forward on this path, the path of strengthening this momentum, referring to the lessons learned from the implementation of the previous Doha programme, which constituted a pillar within the efforts of the international community to develop the group of least developed countries and lift them out of poverty and qualify them for strong integration in the international economy.
He said, "We should not focus on what other nations have that we do not have...the real progress is owned by those who focus on what they own and how to use what they have in order to build their future in a better way, and in our case (the least developed countries) we have the UN's sustainable development goals that it reminds us of the bright days that await us, so let's not lose hope, let's move forward until we finish what we started."
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, had announced, during the opening of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, a financial contribution of a total amount of $60 million, an amount of $10 million is allocated to support the implementation of the activities of the Doha Programme for the benefit of the least developed countries, and an amount of $50 million is allocated to support the expected results of the Doha Programme of Action and building capacities for resilience in the least developed countries, calling on development partners to follow the example of Qatar and take the initiative to support the implementation of the Doha Programme as part of the humanitarian and development duty towards the people of the least developed countries.
The Doha Programme of Action identifies five key deliverables that will assist LDCs in removing a number of structural impediments to inclusive growth and sustainable development. These achievements aim to bridge pervasive gaps in education, food security, and investment for sustainable development and resilience to climate change. It also aims to support least developed countries to exit this category in order to fully integrate into the global economy.
