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Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

Sounding ‘alarm bells,’ Ban calls for more aid to landlocked poor countries

2 October 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the international community to show the same generosity in helping the world’s 31 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) overcome their trade-hobbling isolation as it did last week when it pledged significant new funding to help poor States in general achieve development goals.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro

UN seeks to help landlocked countries overcome their handicap in trade

1 October 2008
The United Nations today began three days of high-level consultations aimed at boosting foreign direct investment in the world’s 31 landlocked developing countries (LLDC) to strengthen their participation in international trade and the global economy.
Under-Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra

Poor, landlocked countries remain on the economic fringe, UN official says

18 June 2008
Landlocked developing countries remain marginalized in the global economy, despite increased development aid, debt relief and greater access to international markets, the United Nations envoy for the world’s poorest nations said today.
ESCAP Executive Secretary Noeleen Heyzer

Streamlined customs could boost exports by poorest countries – UN official

24 April 2008
Cumbersome customs procedures are adding unnecessary costs to the transport of goods from landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) to international markets, a senior UN official has told a meeting held to measure progress on the issue.

Annan pledges UN help for landlocked developing countries

20 September 2005
The United Nations recognizes the special needs of landlocked developing countries and remains strongly committed to helping these countries overcome obstacles to their development, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.

UN talks on access for low-income landlocked states termed 'grand success'

29 August 2003
An international conference aimed at securing better market access for low-income landlocked countries, which ended in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today, was "a grand success," a senior United Nations official said.

Annan stresses need for better market access for landlocked developing states

28 August 2003
Declaring that efficient transit transport systems for landlocked developing countries are vital for their integration into the world economy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on both landlocked and transit developing countries to forge strong partnerships to ease market access.

Landlocked countries win agreement on improved market access - UN

27 August 2003
With transit costs eating up anywhere between 15 and 50 per cent of their export earnings, low-income landlocked countries won improved market access under an historic agreement concluded today at United Nations-sponsored talks, promising reductions in red tape and transportation costs and time.

Negotiations for UN conference on landlocked countries reach final stage

26 August 2003
Preparations for a United Nations meeting aimed at seeking solutions to the special problems faced by landlocked countries moved forward today as a text by the conference's chairman was presented in a bid to reconcile outstanding differences between all parties.

UN meeting on landlocked countries set to kick-off in Kazakhstan

25 August 2003
Government ministers from around the world are set to meet this week in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for a United Nations conference aimed at seeking solutions to the special problems faced by countries without access to seaports.