The 5th United Nations (UN) Conference on the Least Developed Countries, originally scheduled to be held in Qatar from January 23-27, 2022, has been postponed, according to information on the UN website.
"With Covid-19 cases surging around the globe, largely driven by the new Omicron variant, Qatar, in consultation with E Courtenay Rattray, the Secretary-General of the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), has taken the difficult decision to recommend postponing the conference," it was explained.
"We hope that by postponing the conference we can ensure a safer, in-person gathering at a time to be decided that increases attendance and ambition to help tackle some of the world’s most systemic problems.
"A decision on new dates is expected to be taken by the General Assembly in January. Further updates and details will follow at https://www.un.org/ldc5/"
"With Covid-19 cases surging around the globe, largely driven by the new Omicron variant, Qatar, in consultation with E Courtenay Rattray, the Secretary-General of the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), has taken the difficult decision to recommend postponing the conference," it was explained.
"We hope that by postponing the conference we can ensure a safer, in-person gathering at a time to be decided that increases attendance and ambition to help tackle some of the world’s most systemic problems.
"A decision on new dates is expected to be taken by the General Assembly in January. Further updates and details will follow at https://www.un.org/ldc5/"
