Kathmandu: Speaking at the Joint Thematic Event of the General Assembly and ECOSOC on the Midterm Review of the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries on June 24, H.E. Ambassador Lok Bahadur Thapa stressed that the Midterm review comes at a critical juncture. Halfway through the implementation of the Doha Programme of Action, progress is too slow, too uneven, and too fragile, he said. He further said that without the advancement of LDCs, ‘we will be failing the very essence of our global pledge to leave no one behind.’
The Midterm Review, therefore, must be more than a stocktaking exercise, he said. ‘It must be an opportunity to restore momentum, to strengthen partnerships and to mobilize concrete actions to accelerate implementation during the second half of the Doha decade.’
