The preparatory process for the UNCTAD-15 Conference was discussed in Geneva
On 19 February 2021, the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the UN Office in Geneva, Zhanar Aitzhanova spoke at the virtual meeting of the Regional Group of the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union and Barbados dedicated to discussions on the preparatory process for the 15th session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD-15), which will be held from 3 to 8 October 2021 in Bridgetown (Barbados).
The Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan Aitzhanova in her statement on behalf of Kazakhstan congratulated Barbados with its role as the host country of the UNCTAD-15 Conference, which will mark a historical event for the region of small island developing states. Aitzhanova highlighted that in Barbados in 1994 the first UN Action Plan has been adopted to address the economic, environmental, and social developmental challenges facing by small developing islands and contribute to their further sustainable development. The Kazakh diplomat expressed her wishes for successful UNCTAD-15 in Barbados.
By joining the statements of colleagues from the Member states of the EAEU Regional Group, Ambassador Aitzhanova endorsed the support for developing a powerful high-level political document of UNCTAD-15 and underlined the contribution of the EAEU Group, that has recently submitted its proposals for the negotiating text of UNCTAD-15.
Kazakhstan supports the objective to conclude the preparation of the outcome document for UNCTAD-15 in June 2021 and ready further contribute to the meaningful outcome in Bridgetown.
The Permanent Representative of Zh.Aitzhanova underlined that Kazakhstan as the Global Chair of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries (for the period 2020-2021) highly appreciates UNCTAD’s support for the LLDCs.
She stressed that under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan, under the auspices of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, the LLDC Ministerial Declaration and the Roadmap for Accelerating the Implementation of the Vienna Program of Action for LLDCs for 2014-2024 in the remaining five years have been adopted on 23 September 2020 in New York.
The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation A.Alimov as the Coordinator of the Regional Group of the EAEU, the Permanent Representative of Belarus Y.Ambrazevich, the Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan D.Mukashev and Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Armenia T.Davtyan.