Poor countries seek global financial assistance

New York, 21 Jan-(ANA)-Fifteen of the world’s least developed countries (LDCs), meeting at a high-level United Nations forum, today called for a greater voice in international financial structures and priority for resources to mitigate climate change.

At the end of the three-day meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, ministers and senior officials said the LDCs must be allowed to benefit from the opportunities arising from trade, investment and financial flows.

The participants were Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Laos, 

Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu 

and Yemen. (ANA)

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