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LDCs Dhaka dialogue
Wednesday, 03 February 2010

Last week, Dhaka hosted Asia-Pacific Dialogue on LDCs as part of preparation of the 4th UN Conference on LDCs in Islanbul, Turkey next year. But the two-day entire exercise remained essentially limited to government-to-government discourse without taking on board the broader stakeholders from civil society, NGOs and private sector. LDC Watch President Dr Arjun K Karki was the only representative of the global civil society in the conference, besides representatives of a few NGOs essentially toeing the official lines of donors support.

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LDC Watch for 'new deal’ to address global poverty
Sunday, 24 January 2010

BSS, Dhaka

In the global fight against poverty, the international community should move towards working out a 'new deal' to make aid architecture to LDCs more people centric to promote inclusive development under country specific development programme.

President of LDC Watch Dr Arjun Kumar Kirki told BSS on Thursday of the need for reforming the global aid system to build it on a more coordinated approach from donors and recipients sides to make development assistance bringing sustainable development to poorer nations.

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Statement by Dr. Arjun Karki at the Ambassadorial-level Meeting of the Group of the LDCs
Wednesday, 11 November 2009

 New York

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Cheick Sidi Diarra, High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen!

Allow me to congratulate delegation of Bangladesh as well as Government of Bangladesh for successful completion of chairmanship and leadership of LDCs group and their great support to LDC Watch and CSOs in playing our advocacy role, and congratulate delegation of Nepal in New York and government of Nepal for assumption of chair of LDCs group and wish them a successful leadership in taking this leadership forward towards UN LDC IV.

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Newsflash

Global food crisis increases instability in world's poorest countries

The global food crisis is taking its toll across the world.

The current global food crisis will impact most in the world's poorest countries civil society leaders said in Accra, Ghana at a UN-held meeting.

"Increases in global food prices are hitting people hard in the Least Developed Countries" Demba Moussa Dembele, Board member of LDC Watch told a meeting organised by LDC Watch on the opening day of UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)."Riots have taken place in many least developed countries, including my own country Senegal, showing the feelings of ordinary people. This unrest only adds to the existing vulnerability of these countries" he added.

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