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Preparatory regional and thematic Meetings
• Dhaka, January 2010
• Addis Ababa, June/July 2010
• Lisbon, December 2010
• Geneva- July, 2010 and November, 2010
• New York- January 2011, April 2011
• New Delhi- South-South Cooperation
• Istanbul, Turkey, May 2011
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The Conference
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Heads of State and Government,
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Leaders of the International
Organizations,
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Parliamentarians
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The civil Society Forum
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The Investment Forum
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Participation
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8931 total - accredited to the
Conference.
10,000 participants
36 Heads of State and Government,
96 Ministers and
66 Heads of International Organizations
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The plan’s main goal is to halve the number
of LDCs by 2020, through:
• A combination of strong economic growth,
• Greater gender equality,
• Decreased vulnerability to economic
shocks and natural disasters,
• and better governance.
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Outcome
• Istanbul Declaration and
• Istanbul Program of Action have been
agreed upon.
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Turkey will be making available:
• 200 million USD annually to LDCs, starting
in 2012.
• To be used for technical cooperation
projects and programs as well as
scholarships.
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Turkey is prepared to host an:
• “International Science, Technology and
Innovation Center” and an
• “International Agriculture Center”
dedicated to the LDCs.
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Implementation of the Istanbul Program of
Action
Turkey, on its part will contribute to this process
by contributing 5 million USD
• that it will allocate for the monitoring of the
implementation of the Istanbul Program of
Action. Furthermore,
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Cont’d
• Turkey is also ready to host a Mid-Term
Review Conference of the Istanbul
Program of Action, in Istanbul, in 2015.
• Turkey is determined to work for the global
common good and economic justice for all.
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On the road for graduation,
• Samoa,
• Tuvalu,
• Vanuatu
• Equatorial Guinea,
• Angola
• East Timor,
• Nepal and
• Bangladesh
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Trade
The final plan of action calls only for a “timely
implementation of:
• duty and
• quota free market access, on a lasting basis
for all LDCs”
In line with the Hong Kong Ministerial
Declaration,
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Technology Transfer
Remains vague, only calling for development
partners to provide enterprises with
incentives to encourage technology transfer
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Climate change:
 There was no new progress in Istanbul on
mobilising finances for climate change
adaptation.
 Nor did the plan of action feature any mention
of commitments from developed countries to
undertake greenhouse gas emissions cuts.
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Development Assistance (ODA)
Donors which have met an
 Earlier 0.15 percent target will
“undertake to reach 0.20 per cent
expeditiously.”
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Cont’d
All other donors committed to 0.15
percent target undertook to try to
achieve the target by 2015.
Developed countries highlighted the
need for better governance and
accountability for the use of the funds
allocated to LDCs,
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South South Cooperation
Is not a substitute to North-South cooperation”,
but that support from developing countries to
LDCs should play a “complementary role in the
implementation of the plan”.
About $9.6 billion in ODA was granted through
South-South cooperation in 2008, according to
the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Thanks for your
Attention
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