Statement by H.E. Mr. Gyan Chandra Acharya at the Africa ten-year regional review meeting of the almaty programme of action: Under-Secretary-General and High Representativefor the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States at the Africa ten year Regional Review Meeting of the Almaty Programme of Action

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Statement by H.E. Mr. Gyan Chandra Acharya at the Africa 10-Year Regional Review Meeting of the Almaty Programme of Action. Mr. Acharya, on his statement pointed out that, The Almaty Programme of Action adopted in 2003 sets the parameters for this partnership with clear undertakings in transit policy issues, infrastructure development and maintenance, international trade and trade facilitation and international support measures, follow-up and implementation. Under the inter-governmental track, the LLDCs were invited to prepare national reports and as of now 14 LLDCs have submitted their national reports. In view of the importance attached to this exercise, I strongly encourage the rest of the Member States to prepare and submit their national reports. The private sector is a major player for achieving sustainable development and structural transformation in LLDCs. Most of the traders are part of the private sector. It provides important services including freight forwarding, insurance, transport, banking services etc.