Support LDCs to implement SDGs, Bangladesh urges development partners

Bangladesh, as chair of the least developed countries, has urged the development partners to deliver on their commitments in every sector and provide LDCs support to implement the new sustainable development goals or SDGs.

Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali made the call while chairing the annual ministerial meeting of the LDCs on Saturday at the UN headquarters in New York.
 
The foreign ministry said Bangladesh’s chairmanship was “highly praised” in the meeting.
 
The foreign minister also called upon the developed world to increase investment in the LDCs in the area of infrastructure, energy, agriculture, information and communication technology and skill development.
 
He particularly stressed on investing on youths and women.
 
Ministers, senior government and UN officials, and permanent representatives of the UN attended the meeting.
 

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam spoke at the concluding session of the meeting.

At the meeting, the UN report on the “State of the Least Developed Countries 2016” was also launched by the Under Secretary-General and High Representative Gyan Chandra Acharya.