UN says Awaza conference will spotlight 32 landlocked developing countries

The United Nations will host the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) in Awaza, Turkmenistan, August 5–8, with a pre-conference day on August 4, organizers said at a UN press briefing. Rabab Fatima, Under‑Secretary‑General and High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, and Aksultan Atayeva, Turkmenistan’s permanent representative to the UN and host of the conference, outlined logistics, priorities and the conference’s expected deliverables.