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New York, US (PANA) - The UN has congratulated São Tomé and Príncipe on its official graduation from the Least [...] Full text...
Debt burden stifles development spending in Africa's poorer countries
19 november 2024 - 15:44:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa’s rising debt burden is eroding funding for sustainable development in poor countries, impacting heavily [...] Full text...
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A Pact for the world’s poorest
18 october 2024 - 18:43:08By Deodat MaharajManaging Director, United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries New York, US (PANA) - Last month, world leaders [...] Full text...
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Global survey reveals ‘truly astonishing’ consensus for stronger climate action
21 june 2024 - 07:24:26New York, US (PANA) - The overwhelming majority of people around the world want an end to geopolitical differences when [...] Full text...
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Global economic growth improves but ‘downsides’ lurk
17 may 2024 - 05:47:39New York, US (PANA) - The global economic picture has improved since January, but vulnerabilities remain, the mid-year update of [...] Full text...
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UN Assembly President calls for massive investment in sustainable infrastructure
19 april 2024 - 05:26:13New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly on Thursday underscored the critical need for resilient [...] Full text...
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WTO Ministerial Conference ends with decisions on dispute reform, development
02 march 2024 - 11:41:31Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) – World Trade Organisation (WTO) members concluded the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, United [...] Full text...
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EU gives EUR 1 million to support trade know-how in developing economies and LDCs
01 march 2024 - 18:04:15Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) - The European Union is contributing EUR 1 million about over the period 2024-2025 to finance [...] Full text...
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UAE gives US$ 272,814 to support least developed countries’ participation in MC13
29 february 2024 - 13:04:33Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) - The United Arab Emirates has contributed Swiss Francs CHF 240,000 equivalent to US$ 272,814.39 to [...] Full text...
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WTO 13th Ministerial Conference approves WTO membership of Comoros and Timor-Leste
26 february 2024 - 18:39:04Dubai, Abu Dhabi (PANA) - The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTC) has formally approved the [...] Full text...
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EU urges WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi to come up with balanced outcome
25 february 2024 - 16:20:23Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Stability and predictability of a rules-based trading system are needed more than ever to act as [...] Full text...
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UN deputy chief calls for ‘courage, vision and solidarity’ to boost middle-income nations
07 february 2024 - 06:08:35Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Despite being the driving force for sustainable development, middle-income countries face unique challenges and require more [...] Full text...
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UN flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key
05 january 2024 - 05:55:25New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report for 2024 projects a slowdown in [...] Full text...
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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reaches half-way mark (By UN News)
29 december 2023 - 07:20:11New York, US (PANA) - The global push for a safer, greener and more just world, as outlined in the [...] Full text...
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World risks failing 880 million people in LDCs: UNCTAD
08 november 2023 - 06:56:30New York, US (PANA) - The world risks failing the 880 million people living the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) [...] Full text...
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African free trade zone critical to reducing dependence on foreign imports
20 january 2023 - 08:58:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) would help build Africa’s economic [...] Full text...
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COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027
08 november 2022 - 04:50:56Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled the [...] Full text...
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Only half the world equipped with adequate early warning systems - UN
14 october 2022 - 05:42:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new report from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organisation [...] Full text...
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77th UNGA: Least developed countries impacted by ‘range of interlinked crises’ – Assembly President
23 september 2022 - 06:01:57New York, US (PANA) - The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and rising costs are "severely and disproportionately [...] Full text...
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The current cost-of-living crisis across the world is a wake-up call- President Barrow
22 september 2022 - 18:16:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow Thursday emphasized that the current cost-of-living crisis across the world was a wake-up [...] Full text...
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Convergence of conflicts, COVID and climate crises, jeopardise global goals - UN report
08 july 2022 - 04:55:32New York, US (PANA) - Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impacting food supplies, [...] Full text...
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Sustainable blue economy vital for small countries and coastal populations
28 june 2022 - 19:54:24Lisbon, Spain (PANA) - With the livelihoods of about 40 per cent of the world’s population living at or near [...] Full text...
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Global economic growth downgraded due to 'spillover from Ukraine war'
19 may 2022 - 05:45:10New York, US (PANA) - The global economy is expected to grow by only 3.1 per cent this year, down [...] Full text...
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UN weather agency to spearhead 5-year early warning plan, boosting climate action
23 march 2022 - 14:13:00Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - The UN set an ambitious five-year deadline on Wednesday for countries to ensure that citizens [...] Full text...
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Climate Change: Lack of progress on finance at COP26 concerns CAN
08 november 2021 - 14:45:12Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) – As the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) entered its second and final [...] Full text...
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Climate change, population increase fuel looming water crisis: WMO
06 october 2021 - 05:03:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Improved water management, monitoring and forecasting are needed in the face of a looming global water crisis, the UN [...] Full text...
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Boosting production crucial for least developed countries post COVID-19 : UNCTAD report
27 september 2021 - 17:26:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world’s poorest countries will remain on the margins of the global economy if States are [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Decades of development efforts undermined by pandemic – FAO report
22 september 2021 - 17:07:48Rome, Italy (PANA) - COVID-19 has set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undermining decades of development efforts, [...] Full text...
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WTO seeks better trade deal to spur African countries participation in world economy
17 september 2021 - 22:50:30Montreux, Switzerland (PANA) - World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged rich countries to assist poor ones to [...] Full text...
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Climate change: AfDB backs progressive transition in Africa
16 september 2021 - 17:18:44Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is advocating a just and gradual transition of Africa [...] Full text...
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Gambia chairs Africa group at the United Nations
06 july 2021 - 16:57:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia has been nominated to Chair the Africa Group of Permanent Representatives at the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Guterres urges the world to scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes
26 january 2021 - 05:53:45New York, US (PAMA) The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of funds for climate change adaptation and [...] Full text...
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Water, hygiene woes at health facilities putting lives at risk: UN report
14 december 2020 - 13:40:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of basic water and sanitation services at health facilities has put around 1.8 billion health workers [...] Full text...
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Debt burden of LDCs continues to climb to a record $744 billion in 2019
12 october 2020 - 15:29:30Washington, US (PANA) - In response to an urgent need for greater debt transparency, the latest edition of the International [...] Full text...
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Debt burden, economic sanctions key concerns at OACP forum
04 june 2020 - 14:24:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Member States of the Organization of the African, Carribbean and Pacific (OACP) countries have identified the [...] Full text...
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African, Carribean states launch push for debt relief amid coronavirus pandemic pains
03 june 2020 - 21:24:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African countries and their Carribean and Pacific States counterparts have decried the impact of debt distress, [...] Full text...
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'Coronavirus-driven debt crisis threatens poor countries already at risk'
10 april 2020 - 07:26:08New York, US (PANA) - As governments struggle to cope with the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, billions of people living in [...] Full text...
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Lack of basic water services in health care facilities impacts 2 billion people globally
03 april 2019 - 09:47:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 [...] Full text...
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EU aid for trade must encourage African youths to find jobs - Report
28 march 2019 - 23:33:44Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – European members of parliament Thursday stressed the need to help young people in Africa to find [...] Full text...
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Mauritius, UNCTAD to sign MoU on fisheries sector
30 january 2019 - 14:09:57Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Conference on Trade [...] Full text...
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AfDB headlines strong performance ahead of key investment forum
23 october 2018 - 17:40:51Johannesburg, South Africaq (PANA) - Ahead of its maiden African Investment Forum next month, the African Development Bank (AfDB) continues [...] Full text...
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Poorest countries face growing burden from cost of importing food - FAO
10 july 2018 - 09:50:25Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food imports are placing an increasing burden on the world's poorest countries, a new FAO report [...] Full text...
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Uncertainty threatens to hamper investment in developing countries: new UN report
07 june 2018 - 03:45:01New York, US (PANA) - Financial uncertainty caused by “significant risks” to global trade, is responsible for a sharp fall [...] Full text...
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Opinion leaders see AfCFTA as game changer for Africa
20 march 2018 - 08:35:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – In their bold pursuit of continental integration, African Heads of State and Government will on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Four countries on track to graduate from UN list of least developed countries
15 march 2018 - 20:12:38New York, US (PANA) - Four countries could soon “graduate” from the ranks of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable [...] Full text...
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Development indicators trending downward for world's poorest countries, UN warns
05 february 2018 - 20:21:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The least developed countries (LDCs) – nations categorized as requiring special attention from the international community [...] Full text...
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UNCTAD says promises to world’s poorest need to be kept to stop massive inequalities
05 february 2018 - 18:13:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Economic development in the world’s most-disadvantaged countries – mostly in sub-Saharan Africa – is stalling against [...] Full text...
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Lift in global economy prompts opportunities to tackle deep-rooted dev't issues – UN
11 december 2017 - 21:15:15New York, USA (PANA) – A three per cent upturn in the global economy has paved the way to readjust [...] Full text...
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FAO says world’s food import bill is rising despite large production and robust supply
09 november 2017 - 12:39:51Rome, Italy (PANA) - While food commodity prices have been generally stable, the cost of importing food is set to [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Mobile broadband subscriptions to hit 4.3 billion in 2017 – UN report
01 august 2017 - 05:54:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Mobile broadband subscriptions are expected to reach 4.3 billion globally by the end of 2017, according [...] Full text...
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US: LDCs face challenges in funding sustainable development – UN report
19 july 2017 - 20:09:03New York, US (PANA) – Lack of funding is among the biggest challenges for the world’s 47 least developed countries [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Tourism key to foster trade for LDCs – UN-backed report
13 july 2017 - 19:46:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A United Nations-backed report released on Thursday has stressed the need for greater recognition of tourism [...] Full text...
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US: UN forum told to ensure promises on SDGs are kept
22 may 2017 - 20:39:12New York, US (PANA) – Promises made for financing the implementation of sustainable development goals must be promises kept, speakers [...] Full text...
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US: Anaemic growth in some regions hampers progress on Global Goals - Report
17 may 2017 - 06:55:19New York, US (PANA) – Over the last six months, global economic progress has predictably picked up, but low-level growth [...] Full text...
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US: UN marks first World Tuna Day
03 may 2017 - 06:17:34New York, US (PANA) – As the UN marked the first World Tuna Day The UN Legal Council has called [...] Full text...
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US: Bridging global infrastructure gap tops agenda at UN Partnership Forum
06 april 2017 - 05:41:44New York, US (PANA) – Addressing the Partnership Forum convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), senior [...] Full text...
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UN: UN report says world economy experiencing slow growth
17 january 2017 - 16:55:17New York, US (PANA) - Although a modest global recovery is projected for 2017-18, the world economy has not yet [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Poverty trap leaves LDCs further behind - UNCTAD report
15 december 2016 - 09:18:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global poverty is increasingly concentrated among a group of 48 countries, which are falling further behind [...] Full text...
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UN: ITU says Internet connectivity disparity still persists
22 november 2016 - 20:12:09New York, US (PANA) - Global information and communication technologies data released on Tuesday by the UN International Telecommunication Union [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Least Developed Countries call for fair, ambitious action at COP22
02 november 2016 - 10:13:57Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As the United Nations climate change negotiators prepare to convene in Marrakech, Morocco, for the Conference [...] Full text...
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Canada: Countries back UN agency's landmark framework to curb aviation emissions
07 october 2016 - 06:53:59Montreal, Canada (PANA) - Member States of the United Nations civil aviation agency agreed on Thursday on a new emissions [...] Full text...
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UN: LCDs will miss 2021 targets without global support - UN deputy chief
24 september 2016 - 19:47:37New York, US (PANA) - Unless progress speeds up considerably with full support from the international community, the world's least [...] Full text...
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UN: Africa’s Sahel region leaders stress need to keep peace, combat terrorism
24 september 2016 - 17:54:20New York, US (PANA) - Peace and security are vital conditions for security and development, leaders from Africa’s Sahel region [...] Full text...
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UN: Southern African leaders stress regional efforts for sustainable development
21 september 2016 - 16:05:35New York, US (PANA) - Southern African leaders addressing the UN General Assembly on Wednesday stressed the importance of regional [...] Full text...
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UN: UN report calls for synergies between universal 2030 Agenda and goals for LDCs
14 september 2016 - 07:08:50New York, US (PANA) – The world’s 48 least developed countries (LDCs) have experienced some positive developments, yet challenges remain [...] Full text...
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Zambia: 'Support landlocked countries attain SDGs', Zambia tells Int’l community
20 july 2016 - 14:14:44Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) have called for global support to strengthen their capacities for monitoring and [...] Full text...
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UN: UN calls for greater support to LCDs, adopts new declaration
29 may 2016 - 18:14:32New York, US (PANA) - A UN conference on world's least developed countries (LDCs) ended Sunday in Antalya, Turkey, with [...] Full text...
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UN: UN says journalists vital to LCDs' growth, development
28 may 2016 - 19:05:05New York, US (PANA) - More than two dozen journalists from the world's least developed countries (LCDs) are in Antalya, [...] Full text...
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UN: UN conference to assess Least Developed Countries' progress
27 may 2016 - 14:35:44New York, US (PANA) - A UN conference focusing on the world's least developed countries (LDCs) kicked off Friday in [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban appoints governing council for Technology Bank for LDCs
27 may 2016 - 05:59:13New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of a major UN conference on priorities for the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs), [...] Full text...
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UN: UN conference to review progress of LDCs in last five years
11 may 2016 - 07:26:56New York, US (PANA) - A UN conference is set to undertake a review of progress made during the past [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban urges multilateral action to aid refugees, close infrastructure gaps
17 april 2016 - 13:02:55Washington, D.C., US (PANA) – Addressing the global challenge of forced displacement and fostering greater investment in infrastructure were the main topics [...] Full text...
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Kenya: ACP states call for 'development-centred outcome' at WTO meeting
16 december 2015 - 11:18:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ministers responsible for Trade of the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Group of States have emphasized the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: President Johnson-Sirleaf celebrates Liberia's accession to WTO
15 december 2015 - 17:58:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf said Tuesday the admission of her country into the World Trade Organisation [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: EU underlines its commitment to strong multilateral trading system
15 december 2015 - 16:25:57Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Reiterating its full commitment to a strong, rules-based multilateral trading system, the European Council [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rich countries pledge US$90 million at WTO session to aid trade in poor countries
14 december 2015 - 18:06:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rich countries have pledged US$90 billion to finance aid-for-trade initiatives supporting efforts by 24 African states [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: West African states set for big win on cotton subsidies
14 december 2015 - 12:10:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo said on Monday a breakthrough on the removal of [...] Full text...
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Belgium: ACP Council of Ministers begins meeting on Monday
23 november 2015 - 11:57:14Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The 102nd session of the Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of [...] Full text...
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Belgium: ACP Trade Ministers to advance development agenda at 10th WTO Conference
23 october 2015 - 11:01:39Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Trade Ministers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States are committed to a successful [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Billions of people in developing world still without Internet access'
21 september 2015 - 16:22:48New York, US (PANA) - Broadband Internet is failing to reach billions of people living in the developing world, including [...] Full text...
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Belgium: European Commission supports better access to medicines in poorest countries
10 september 2015 - 19:29:09Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Commission on Thursday agreed to support the least developed countries' call for easier access [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Indian Ocean countries approve Declaration on Blue Economy
04 september 2015 - 09:13:54Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) — Representatives of Indian Ocean countries attending the first IORA Ministerial Blue Economy Conference in Mauritius [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN officials hail outcome of financing conference as first milestone of 2015
16 july 2015 - 18:16:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and senior United Nations officials Thursday hailed the outcome of the financing [...] Full text...
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UN: UN official says Addis Ababa conference to agree on social protection, aid delivery
07 july 2015 - 22:42:04New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Wu Hongbo, who is also the [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Oxfam urges increase of climate financing by rich countries
29 june 2015 - 09:12:45Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The chance of a successful Paris climate deal depends on rich countries showing they [...] Full text...
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UN: Africa's least developed countries pledge to transform their economies
10 june 2015 - 08:05:30New York, US (PANA) - Ministers from the least developed countries (LDCs) in Africa, at a UN-supported meeting in Milan, [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Climate justice groups back African renewables proposal
03 june 2015 - 14:01:10Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Climate justice advocates have expressed their support for the African Group proposal to advance energy transformation [...] Full text...
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Senegal: New study calls for better targeted aid to end extreme poverty in Africa
29 may 2015 - 18:46:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A new funding plan to deliver basic health and education for everyone is essential to end [...] Full text...
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UN: UN looking for young entrepreneur to address UN General Assembly on climate change
21 april 2015 - 22:43:54New York, US (PANA) - The UN is searching for a young person from a developing country to address a [...] Full text...
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UN: New UN initiative to boost access to science, technology for least developed countries
18 february 2015 - 22:30:32New York, US (PANA) - The world’s poorest nations are one step closer to gaining access to critical science, technology [...] Full text...
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UN: New UN report cals for structural reforms to help poorest countries
27 november 2014 - 21:05:04New York, US (PANA) - The world's poorest countries are trapped in an economic vicious circle, which pins them in [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief appoints panel on 'technology bank' for world’s poorest nations
26 november 2014 - 22:16:07New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the formation of a High-Level Panel to study the [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Greater effort needed to eradicate extreme poverty in world’s poorest nations' – UN report
23 october 2014 - 19:00:06New York, US (PANA) - While the world’s 48 most vulnerable nations continue to make in-roads into poverty reduction, a [...] Full text...
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UN: Least Developed Countries urge enhanced partnerships, aid commitments
01 august 2014 - 05:51:47New York, US (PANA) - Participants at the end of a conference in Cotonou, Benin, have called on donor countries [...] Full text...
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Benin: 'Agric, powerful engine for development'
30 july 2014 - 10:40:00Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC) Arancha Gonzalez has called on the Least Developed [...] Full text...
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Benin: ITC chief hails cooperation between Benin, ITC
29 july 2014 - 19:19:50Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Trade-related technical assistance provided by the International Trade Centre (ITC) has enabled Benin to strengthen its [...] Full text...
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UN: World’s least developed countries urge partnerships to boost productive capacity
28 july 2014 - 23:00:28New York, US (PANA) - With the kick-off of the UN post-2015 sustainable development agenda fast approaching, ministers and senior [...] Full text...
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Benin: LDCs conference pays tribute to victims of Malaysian, Algerie air crashes
28 july 2014 - 20:16:16Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Least Developed Countries (LDC) ministerial conference under way in Benin has paid to the crash [...] Full text...
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Benin: LDCs ministerial conference opens in Cotonou
28 july 2014 - 19:11:48Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin's President Boni Yayi has criticised the slow pace taken by development partners to meet their [...] Full text...
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Benin: LCDs, a force to unite partners, says UNDP
27 july 2014 - 18:10:13Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is a force that unites partners against poverty, Director [...] Full text...
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Benin: LDC experts meet in Cotonou
27 july 2014 - 17:18:36Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The UN senior representative office for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Sunday in Cotonou opened an [...] Full text...
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Benin: UNFPA places youth and demographic dividend at centre of LDC conference
25 july 2014 - 21:50:33Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The ministerial conference on new partnerships for the strengthening of reproductive capacities within the Least Developed [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: LDCs want Obama to affirm US commitment at climate change talks
05 june 2014 - 16:19:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Success of upcoming global negotiations on climate change, scheduled for Lima, Peru, in 2014 [...] Full text...
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Zambia: 'Climate diplomacy can build trust needed to secure common future'
13 january 2014 - 18:08:34Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A former chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) group at the UN climate change negotiations, [...] Full text...
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LDCs finalize comprehensive plans to deal with impacts of climate change
14 november 2013 - 15:13:18Warsaw, Poland (PANA) – The poorest countries of the world, meeting here for the 19th UN Framework Convention on Climate [...] Full text...
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UN report calls for boosting productive capacity in developing countries
27 september 2013 - 22:16:19New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report released on Friday in New York, has called for the strengthening [...] Full text...
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ECA study to focus on climate change challenges
30 june 2013 - 14:16:54Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As part of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA's) contribution to the forthcoming third International Conference [...] Full text...
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LDCs set to take lead on post-2015 global development agenda
20 june 2013 - 11:54:36Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Least Developed Countries (LDCs) can play a critical role in ensuring that the new global [...] Full text...
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African ministers, experts discuss ways to foster innovation, intellectual property
12 march 2013 - 15:31:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Though many African countries have taken serious steps to embrace, anchor and nurture Intellectual [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS, UNDP want more access for poor countries to life-saving drugs
27 february 2013 - 07:57:18New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have called [...] Full text...
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Some US$140m repatriated by Beninese citizens in 2010
28 december 2012 - 16:06:49Paris, France (PANA) - Some US$139.8 million were repatriated by Beninese citizens living in Nigeria, France and Togo, according to [...] Full text...
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China gives Mali over FCFA18b loan for priority projects
06 december 2012 - 12:14:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and China have signed a loan agreement worth FCFA 16.8 billion (US$33.5 million) to finance [...] Full text...
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African activists criticise developed nations on Copenhagen Accord
01 december 2012 - 08:38:07Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African climate change activists attending the 18th Conference of Parties (COP18) of the UN [...] Full text...
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African expert says West ducking responsibility to fight climate change
28 november 2012 - 16:47:24Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Developed countries are mixing issues related to climate funds with previous financing arrangements they [...] Full text...
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LDCs chair writes Obama calling for end to climate silence
13 november 2012 - 12:59:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - There is simply no longer time or cause for wealthy countries to continue to [...] Full text...
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Action urged on climate change crisis
06 september 2012 - 11:56:01Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the Africa [...] Full text...
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Least Developed Countries issue bold plan to energize UN climate change talks
14 may 2012 - 07:43:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The world’s poorest countries have issued a bold plan to make the UN climate [...] Full text...
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Africa urged to play critical role in climate change negotiations
24 march 2012 - 11:08:07Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Africa has been urged to play an enhanced role in further negotiations on climate change [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN official calls for partnerships between Africans at home, Diaspora
16 february 2012 - 18:38:49New York, US (PANA) - Cheick Sidi Diarra, UN Special Adviser on Africa, on Thursday stressed the importance of establishing partnerships [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN tasks developed nations on aid pledges
08 december 2011 - 17:24:23New York, US (PANA) - President of the UN General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on Thursday called on developed countries [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN chief urges more care for diabetes patients
14 november 2011 - 21:19:00New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on governments and drug companies to ensure that the [...] Full text...
thread Health
FAO says global food prices dropped in October
03 november 2011 - 15:36:35New York, US (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday that food prices dropped to an 11-month [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Multi-billion-dollar climate change fund hits barrier
21 october 2011 - 06:56:16Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Plans for a multi-billion-dollar fund to help developing countries deal with climate change have [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Climate change conference: Africa, LDCs, Latin American countries forge alliance
08 october 2011 - 10:22:26Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Africa, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and countries of the ALBA alliance in [...] Full text...
thread Environment
US blocks success of climate summit - Africa, LDCs
07 october 2011 - 08:03:04Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Members of the African Group and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) attending the UN [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Trade: UN chief wants donors to help developing countries
19 july 2011 - 17:45:46New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday appealed to donors to maintain their support for "Aid [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Gambia’s third economic summit opens
29 june 2011 - 22:47:10Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The third economic summit of the Gambia opened in Banjul on Wednesday with vice president Isatou [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Austria donates 200,000 euro for WTO training programme in Third World
22 june 2011 - 21:36:25Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Austria has donated 200,000 euro (about US$260,000) for the training programme of the World Trade Organization [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Migiro urges nations to invest in poverty eradication
14 june 2011 - 18:52:23New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro on Tuesday stressed the need to protect development gains [...] Full text...
thread Social
'World food prices set to remain high'
07 june 2011 - 13:32:41Rome, Italy (PANA) - High and volatile agricultural commodity prices are likely to prevail for the rest of 2011 and [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN conference adopts action plan for 48 LDCs
13 may 2011 - 16:50:38New York, US (PANA) - The fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UNDP report tasks African nations on regional investments
10 may 2011 - 18:33:14New York, US (PANA) - A report by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said on Tuesday that integrated regional [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UNFPA report tasks LDCs on youth, women development
10 may 2011 - 17:05:54New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said Tuesday that investments in young [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN official urges partnership between rich, poor nations
10 may 2011 - 14:48:46New York, US (PANA) - UN General Assembly President Joseph Deiss on Tuesday called for a "renewed and strengthened partnership" [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN chief tasks LDCs' leaders on economic development
09 may 2011 - 16:32:12New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on leaders of the world's poorest countries meeting [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ILO report calls for economic diversification to boost LCDs
29 march 2011 - 18:30:49New York, US (PANA) - The International Labour Organisation (ILO), said Tuesday in a report that diversifying production rather than [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN panel report wants international support for LCDs
29 march 2011 - 18:21:52New York, US (PANA) - A report by the UN Group of Eminent Persons, has called for international support and [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UNFPA chief to focus on youth development
02 february 2011 - 16:52:02New York, US (PANA) - Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), said Wednesday he [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Economic growth can be achieved through trade liberalization'
23 june 2010 - 23:05:00Banjul - Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambian Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment, Abdou Kolley said on Wednesday that [...] Full text...
thread Economy
ECOWAS defends demand for 'substantial' EU contribution
04 may 2010 - 22:28:00Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has vigorously defended its insistence on substantial European [...] Full text...
thread Economy
AGOA's architects unveil new Africa economic policy for Obama Administration
29 april 2010 - 10:24:00Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Ten years after passage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),a coalition of [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Cape Verdean PM visits European Commission
13 april 2010 - 23:21:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Josأ© Maria Neves o n Tuesday met the EU Commission [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN disappointed over failed decade to cut African poverty
09 march 2010 - 18:46:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African countries must move away from their depen dence on mineral wealth, including copper, gold [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN: 1.5 billion people live in darkness
24 november 2009 - 07:38:00New York- US (PANA) -- A new report by the UN has said almost a quarter of the gl obal [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Population explosion to stop Africa's attempt to attain MDGs
18 november 2009 - 18:47:00Munyonyo- Uganda (PANA) -- At the age of 42 years, Isabirye Kakaire Mutwalibi of Bulugodha village, Iganga district, one of [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN forum says high birth rates hamper development
02 april 2009 - 07:25:00New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Commission on Population and Development said rapid population growth, fueled by high fertility, [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN says world population to hit 9 billion in 2050
12 march 2009 - 17:28:00New York- US (PANA) -- The world’s population is projected to reach 7 billion ear ly in 2012 and surpass [...] Full text...
thread Society