Resolution nº E/RES/2021/19 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 21-07-2021

• Date: 21 July 2021
• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

United Nations

E

/RES /202 1/19

Economic and Social Council

Distr. : Genera l

28 J uly 2021

21-102 99 (E) 30072 1

*2110299*

2021 s ession

Agen da item 11 (b)

Implem entation of and follow- up to major U nited Nation s

confere nces and summ its: review and coordina tion of the

implem entation of the Programm e of Action for the Least

Develo ped Countrie s for the Dec ade 2011–2020

Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council

on 21 July 2021

[on a proposal co nsidered i n plenary meeting (E/2021 /L.2 8)]

2021/19. Programme of Action for the Least Developed Coun tries for the

Decade 2011–2020

The Economi c and So cial Cou ncil,

Reca llin g t he Ista nbul D eclaratio n

1

and the P rogramm e of Act ion for the L east

Deve loped Co untries f or the De cade 2011 –2020,

2

ad opted by the Fourt h United

Nati ons Confe rence on the Least Develop ed Countr ies, held in Istanb ul, Turkey, fr om

9 to 13 May 2011, an d endo rsed by the Gen eral Asse mbly in its res olution 65/28 0 o f

17 June 2011, in whi ch t he As sembly call ed u pon all the relev ant stakeho lders to

comm it to imp lementin g th e Pro gramme of A ction, and recall ing a lso t he P olitical

Decl aration adop ted by the Compr ehensiv e High -level Mid term R eview of th e

Impl ementati on of the Istan bul Pr ogramme of Act ion fo r the Leas t Deve loped

Coun tries for the Decade 2011 –2020, held in A ntalya, Turkey, from 27 to 29 May

2016 , and en dorsed b y the Ass embly i n its re solution 70/29 4 of 25 Jul y 2016,

Reaf firm ing the o verarch ing goa l of th e Istanb ul Pro gramme of Acti on of

over coming the stru ctural challen ges fac ed by t he leas t devel oped co untries in ord er

to era dicate po verty, achi eve the in ternatio nally agr eed devel opment g oals and e nable

grad uation f rom the least de veloped country categor y,

Reca llin g the 2 030 Agenda fo r Sustain able Deve lopment ,

3

th e Ad dis Ababa

Acti on Agenda of the Third In ternatio nal Conf erence on F inancing for Devel opment,

4

__________________

1

Report of the Fourth Unite d Natio ns Con ference on th e Least Devel oped C ountri es, Ist anbul,

Turkey, 9–13 May 20 11 (A/CO NF.21 9/7) , chap . I.

2

Ibid., c hap. I I.

3

General Assemb ly reso lution 70/1.

4

General Assemb ly reso lution 69/31 3, annex.