The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia in cooperation with the Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) will host a high-level international workshop on “WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation: Implications for LLDCs” on June 2 and 3 in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia.

UN Deputy Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Gyan Chandra Acharya, Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry of Zambia Robert Sichinga, Chairman of LLDC Group, Ambassador of Zambia Mwaba Kasese-Bota, LLDC Group Coordinator on Trade and Development, Ambassador to UN in Geneva Juan Esteban Aguirre Martinez stated on their participation in the upcoming event which will bring together representatives of 32 member states of LLDC Group, donors and transit countries as well as about ten international organizations, government agencies, private sectors and civil society.

Agenda of the meeting includes background research paper “Assessment of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation: Implications for the LLDCs”, preparations for Second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries and reflection of LLDCs’ development challenges in post-2015 Development Agenda.