New York – The first-ever Least Developed Countries (LDC) Future Forum opened on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, in Helsinki, Finland, with Liberia participating. The forum is being held on the theme: ‘Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries’ and will contribute to the Fifth United Nations Conference on LDCs (LDC5), expected to take place in Doha, Qatar, in January 2022. Liberia’s Deputy Permanent Representative, Ms. Cecilia Forgbe Wreh-McGill, addressed the panel on ‘Peace and Development: Building peaceful, just, and inclusive societies’ and highlighted that peace remains a foundational element for sustainable development. The LDC Future Forum brings together Leaders with the potential to transform the global development agenda in the most vulnerable countries, including senior policy makers and practitioners from around the world, representatives of the United Nations System, and United Nations Member States. The LDC Future Forum will conclude on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Source: Front Page Africa October 07, 2021 03:33 UTC