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African countries, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries - Ensuring equal access to vaccines and resources in the poorest countries

As reducing global inequalities remains a prerequisite to build a better world post-COVID-19, development partners and the United Nations must boost cooperation with African countries, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries to ensure access to the resources these countries need for COVID-19 response and recovery plans. This includes ensuring equal access to vaccines, for all countries and populations. It also calls for increased targeted support to the implementation of national strategies to achieve the SDGs and mobilization of adequate financial resources.

This session will address a number of priority areas defined by these countries as essential to ensure economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Those include food security, access to the vaccine, effective fiscal and debt management, financing for development, capacity building, trade, access to digital technologies, investment in green economy initiatives, sustainable industry and infrastructure, and the mobilization of domestic resources for climate resilience and sustainable food systems. In doing so, measures that prioritize the needs of women and those of other disadvantaged social groups will be considered to ensure concrete benefits to the population, while leaving no one behind.

The session will discuss solutions for addressing those priorities and reducing inequalities in all dimensions, within and between countries; investing in sound institutions to ensure the resilience of financial frameworks to future shocks; integrating national planning processes with national and external financing strategies, including through integrated national financing frameworks; as well as domestication of the SDGs and their alignment with national development plans. It will also reflect on the Doha Programme of Action adopted in March 2022, and how best to support its implementation as an integral part of the recovery from COVID-19 and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.

Proposed guiding questions:

  • What are the economic and social impacts of limited access to vaccines in LDCs, LLDCs and African countries?
  • How far have we progressed in ensuring equitable access to vaccines and enabling LDCs, LLDCs and African countries to sustainably recover from the pandemic?
  • What are the most appropriate national policy frameworks to reverse the negative impact of the pandemic on the SDGs and engage in a sustainable and resilient development process?
  • How can the international community best respond to these countries’ needs for financial resources and other support?
  • What new policy measures, means of implementation and support architecture are needed to implement the Doha Programme of Action for the LDCs in a timely manner?
  • What kind of partnerships do LDCs, LLDCs and African countries need to operationalize global commitments?

Chair:

  • Vice President of ECOSOC (Thailand)

Interactive panel discussion

Moderator:

  • H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima , Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Co-chair of LDC V Prepcom

Resource Persons:

  • Mr. Taffere Tesfachew, Acting Managing Director of the UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries, Member of the Committee on Development Policy (CDP)
  • Ms. Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Capital Development Fund
  • Mr. Farid Fezoua, Global Director for Health and Education, International Finance Corporation (MGoS)
  • Mr. Mihir Kanade, Member for the Asia-Pacific region of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, Academic Director of the University for Peace (UPEACE), Head of Department of International Law and Human Rights and Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre

Lead Discussants:

  • Ms. Ugoji Adanma Eze Esq, CEO and Founder of Engr. Aja Eze Foundation ( on women and children in conflict zones)
  • Ms. Fatimé Zara Haroun, Super Banats, Chad (a child-led programme to empower girls)
  • Ms. Pamela Molina, Executive Director, World Federation of Deaf (MGoS)

Respondent:

  • H.E. Ms Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health of Malawi

Interventions of Ministers and participants (3 minutes each)