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Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,

We enter the last decade of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.? We enter the last five years of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing countries.

Above all we find ourselves in an unprecedented situation.

Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,

I must thank the United Kingdom for your collaboration with OHRLLS on this very important? initiative for SIDS.

Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,

We are all aware that LDCs, LLDCs and African countries are especially hard hit by COVID-19 and the world-wide recession.?The poorest, women and girls and people with disabilities are?among the people?suffering the most.?

NEW YORK 12 JUNE 2020 – Universal access to sustainable energy remains a major requirement for the world’s most vulnerable countries to gain a foothold in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

According to the latest??energy progress report, promising progress toward energy access, renewable energy and energy efficiency has been made however efforts are falling well short of the scale required to meet the SDG 7 targets by 2030.

NEW YORK 27 May 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic is much more than a health crisis that is resulting in significant socio-economic impacts affecting the ability of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) to achieve the goals of the Vienna Programme of Action for LLDCs for the decade 2014-2024 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,

I appreciate being able to join you at this very important workshop on capacity building, resources and needs assessment. The Seabeds are our common resource frontier.?

Excellencies,?
Distinguished delegates,?
Ladies and gentlemen,?

First, I thank Mr. Francesco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA, for bringing us together at this important meeting.?

I also must congratulate IRENA for your continued and strong focus on SIDS.?

Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,

Happy New Year to you all.?

I would like to thank you for the opportunity to be with you on this important occasion of the handover ceremony of Chairmanship of the LLDC Group.?

LILONGWE,?9 October 2019 –?Malawi, a least developed country (LDC), has an opportunity to achieve 100% access to electricity by 2030 according to the Malawi Sustainable Energy Study launched today in the country’s capital.