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18 December 2017 Statement on the launching of IOM’s World Migration Report 2018

11 December 2017 Statement on “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace” (A/72/L.30) under the Agenda Item-15: Culture of Peace 

08 December 2017 Statement under Agenda Item 73: Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance of the United Nations, including Special Economic Assistance at the 72nd Session of the GA

10 November 2017 Statement at Ambassadorial level meeting of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS on WTO trade negotiations in the context of the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC-11) with DDG of WTO organized by the UNOHRLLS and WTO

27 October 2017 Statement under agenda item 72(b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms and 72(c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives

26 October 2017 Intervention at the Third Committee interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur For Eritrea Ms. S. Keetharuth

25 October 2017 Statement at the Second Committee of the 72nd UNGA on agenda item 24: Operational Activities for Development

25 October 2017 Statement at the Third Committee under Agenda Item 72 on the report of Professor Yanghee Lee on Human Rights Situation in Myanmar

18 October 2017 STATEMENT AT THE THIRD COMMITTEE OF THE 73RD SESSION OF THE UNGA

18 October 2017 Statement on agenda item 20: Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) 

17 October 2017 Statement at the Second Committee on Agenda item 22: Groups of Countries in Special Situations sub item (a) “Follow Up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

16 October 2017 Statement at the Second Committee on Agriculture development, food security and nutrition UNHQs

13 October 2017 Statement delivered at the Second Committee on Agenda item 21: Globalization and Interdependence, sub item (b): Science, Technology and Innovation for Development

13 October 2017 STATEMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 72: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AT THE THIRD COMMITTEE OF THE 72ND SESSION OF THE UNGA

13 October 2017 Statement on behalf of the Least Developed Countries in the Second Committee on Agenda Item 16: Information and Communications Technologies for Development

11 October 2017 Statement on behalf of the Least Developed Countries in the Second Committee of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly on Agenda Item 23: Eradication of Poverty and Other Development Issues

09 October 2017 Statement on behalf of the Least Developed Countries in the Second Committee on agenda item 20, Sustainable Development and sub-items

05 October 2017 STATEMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 28: ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN, AT THE THIRD COMMITTEE OF THE 72ND SESSION OF THE UNGA

05 October 2017 Statement at the joint consideration of item 18: macroeconomic policy questions & item 19: follow – up to and implementation of the outcomes of the international conferences on financing for development, at the second committee of the 72nd session of the UNGA

04 October 2017 STATEMENT ON AGENDA ITEM 107: CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND AGENDA ITEM 108: INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, AT THE THIRD COMMITTEE OF THE 72ND SESSION OF THE UNGA

02 October 2017 Statement on behalf of the least developed countries at the General Debate of the Second Committee of the Seventy-second Session of the GA

28 September 2017 Statement at the Security Council Meeting on the ‘Situation in Myanmar’ (under Rule 37)

22 September 2017 Remarks on “the Impact of the SDGs on Development Cooperation”

20 September 2017 Remarks at the High-Level Side Event: E-Governance-Partnerships for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

20 September 2017
Statement on Water Infrastructure: How Governments, Utilities and the Private Sector Can Achieve SDG

08 September 2017 Statement at the Annual Session 2017 of the Executive Board of the UNCDF

08 September 2017
Remarks on Progress on SDG Implementation convened by President of General Assembly event of the PGA,

20 July 2017 Statement on Water and Disasters “Adaptation to Climate Change, Financing Infrastructure, and Advancing Science and Technology”

18 July 2017 Statement on Sustainable Development and the High-Level Segment of the ECOSOC

31 May 2017 Statement on “Innovations for Infrastructure Development and Promoting Sustainable Industrialization” on behalf of the LDC Group

23 May 2017 Statement on behalf of LDCs in the ECOSOC Forum for Financing for Development Forum

17 May 2017 Remarks on behalf of the Least Developed Countries at the SDG Action Event on Innovation

15 May 2017 Statement at the Second Annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals

18 April 2017 Statement at the High-Level SDG Financing Lab

05 April 2017 Statement at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Partnership Forum 2017 on “Partnerships for Promoting Opportunities, Increased Prosperity and Sustainable Development for All”

23 March 2017 Remarks at the High-Level SDG Action Event “Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Agenda”

21 March 2017 Statement at the CDP Meeting UN Headquarters

17 March 2017 Statement at the seminar on “Access to Climate Finance: Ensuring Ownership and Facilitating Access for Exposed Countries”

13 March 2017 Remarks at the breakfast event on Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh

07 March 2017 Statement at the 48th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission under agenda item 3(a): Data and indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

06 March 2017 Statement at enhancing synergies and coherence and reducing overlap in the agendas of the general assembly, the economic and social council and their subsidiary bodies, as well as the high-level political forum and other related forums in light of the adoption of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

02 March 2017 Remarks at the “Integrated implementation of the 2030 Agenda: the role of the UNDS LDCs, LLDCs, SIDS and countries emerging from conflict” in ECOSOC Segment on the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR)

01 March 2017 Statement on the Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR)

01 February 2017 Statement at the First Regular Session 2017 of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS UNFPA Segment

30 January 2017 Statement at the First Regular Session 2017 of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA and UNOPS

17 January 2017 Statement on Sustainable Tourism, Trade and Global Digital Assets in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG’s)”,

13 January 2017 Statement at the handover ceremony of the chairmanship of the Group of 77