in collaboration with the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
About this session
Organized in collaboration with the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), the high-level meeting of LDC ministers and business executives will seek to advance ideas on how to strengthen the investment climate of these economies and the role of the private sector in development. These efforts are in pursuit of the high-level mid-term Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action for LDCs (2011–2020).
Issues for the debate
- Ways to improve the capacity of LDC governments to promote and facilitate investment
- Initiatives to diversify investment in LDCs
- SDG-focused investment promotion strategies
Speakers
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Mr. Oumar Diallo
on behalf of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States
H.E. Mr. Humayoon Rasaw
Minister of Industry and Commerce, Afghanistan
H.E. Mr. Marcel Ilunga Leu
Minister of Industry, Democratic Republic of the Congo
H.E. Mr. Tefo Mapesela
Minister of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Lesotho
H.E. Prof. Wilson K. Tarpeh
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Liberia
H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Fabiano
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Malawi
H.E. Mr. Matrika Prasad Yadav
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
H.E. Ms. Amelia Kyambadde
Minister of Trade, Industry and Co-Operatives, Uganda
Mr. Ren Hongpeng
Vice President, China Railway Group Limited
Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam
Group CEO, Ethiopian Airlines
Mr. Thomas Seghezzi
Managing Director, Swiss-African Business Circle (SABC)