[IIED press release] New ‘sustainable
development goals’ for all nations to adopt in 2015 could deepen
problems in the least developed countries (LDCs) if they fail to take
account of these nations’ priorities and the international
nature of challenges they face.
So say the
organisers of a high-level meeting next week that will enable frank and
open dialogue between, on one hand, those in the political process of
setting the goals and, on the other, those in LDCs who
will need to implement the goals if they are to have any impact.
The meeting, on 29-31 January at Wilton Park
has been organised by IIED and the UN Office of the
High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked
Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS).
It will bring
together politicians, diplomats, civil servants and representatives of
UN agencies, research institutions and nongovernmental organisations to
explore how the needs of the LDCs can be put at
the heart of the post-2015 development agenda. The delegates will
include members of the LDC Independent Expert Group, which has
published a new position paper to coincide with the meeting.
