Report on the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024

Abstract

Report on the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024 is provided of implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action in Africa over the past decade. In the first part of the report, a summary is provided of socioeconomic development in landlocked developing countries in Africa. A more detailed overview is then provided of progress achieved in connection with the six priorities for action prescribed in the Vienna Programme of Action. Lastly, a number of conclusions are drawn, and relevant stakeholders are urged to adopt a successor framework to the Vienna Programme of Action that will embody a renewed commitment to address the pressing needs of landlocked developing countries, in line with the recommendations made in the outcome document of the High-level Africa Regional Review Meeting in Preparation for the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, held in Gaborone in May 2023.