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Final Regional Review of the Almaty Programme of Action for the Landlocked Developing Countries 5‐7 March 2013, Vientiane

INTERNATIONAL THINK TANKINTERNATIONAL THINK TANK

FOR LANDLOCKED DEVELOPINGFOR LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING

COUNTRIES

PAST

COUNTRIES

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE

Mr. Odbayar Erdenetsogt, Interim Director, International Think Tank for LLDCSs


Past

•DeclarationsDeclarations•Communiqués •Resolutions

Present

•Multilateral Agreement on the Establishment of an ITT for LLDCs•What are the benefits of having our own Think Tank ? •What did we achieve? •What about the Mongolian contribution? •Research Papers

Future

•What to do? •Summary E d f P t ti


•End of Presentation


President of Mongolia at the First Summit of the LLDCs in Habana in 2006

PAST

Declarations:

• Ulaanbaatar Declaration adopted at the Meeting of Trade Ministers of LLDCs, Ulaanbaatar, 28‐29 August 2007

• Ezulwini Declaration by the 3rd Meeting of Trade Ministers of LLDCs, Ezulwini, Kingdom of Swaziland, 21‐22 October 2009

Communiqué of the

• 7th Annual Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), New York, 28 September 2007

• LLDCs Ministerial, Accra, 22 April 2008 (sideline of UNCTAD XII)th A l i i i i f Y k• 8th Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of LLDCs, New York, 25 September 2009

• 9th Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of LLDCs, New York, 24 S t b 2010


September 2010


• UNGA Resolution A/RES/64/214 of 23 March 2010

• “Ulaanbaatar Declaration” adopted by ESCAP High‐level Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of APoA and other Development Gaps faced by the LLDCs, held in Ulaanbaatar from 12‐14 April 2011p y , p

• ESCAP Resolution E/ESCAP/67/4 of 22 May 2011 on “Ulaanbaatar Declaration”

• The 16th Ministerial Conference of the NAM, Bali, 25‐27 May 2011

• The 10th ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting Chair’s Statement, 7 J 20117 June 2011

• Communiqué of the 10th Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of LLDCs, NY, 23 September 2011, Y, ep e e

• UNGA Resolution 66/214 of 22 December 2011

• Declaration of the XVI Summit of Heads of State or Government


Declaration of the XVI Summit of Heads of State or Government of the Non‐Aligned Movement Issued on 30‐31 August 2012


Official Launching of the ITT in Ulaanbaatar by the UNSG and Mongolian Foreign Minister 2009Mongolian Foreign Minister 2009



PRESENT CURRENT STATE OF SIGNING AND RATIFICATION OF THE

MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT :

Signatories:

Ratification/Acceptance/Approval

ACCESSION

Af h i t MongoliaAfghanistan, Armenia, Ethiopia,

MongoliaLao PDRArmeniaEthiopia,

Lao PDR, Mongolia,

Armenia

Niger Paraguay



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PRESENT CURRENT STATE OF SIGNING AND RATIFICATION:

Need:

WE need more ACCESSIONS‐ WE need more ACCESSIONS‐ 60 days after Deposit of 10th Instrument‐ Non‐signatories now can accede to Multilateral gAgreement

UN OHRLLS UN L l Offi‐ UN‐OHRLLS, UN Legal Office, ‐ UNDP ready to provide assistance in accession process and ratification/acceptance/approvalprocess and ratification/acceptance/approval

‐ Host country may also provide advisory assistancey y p y


What are the Benefits of this ITT?

1. Maximization of the efficiency of our coordinated efforts for the effective implementation of the internationally agreed provisions, particularly the APoA and the Millennium Development Goals;p ;

2. Developing best strategies on any matter of our interest and avoid duplication of our actions and endeavors;p

3. Learning from best practices of the landlocked developed countries;

4. Improving the analytical capability of LLDCs

5. Joint contribution to Poverty Reduction and Raising Human Development

6. Formulation of joint platform for concerted actions of the LLDCs at international fora, including the Trade Facilitation negotiations at the WTO;



7. Campaigning for and raising awareness of challenges faced by the LLDCs;

8. Presenting of portal and digital library of research papers and information on issues of interest to the LLDCs.

and many more …



PRESENT What did we achieve?

MONGOLIA’S CONTRIBUTION:Steps taken so far to operationalize the ITT for LLDCs

A i t t d d t f I t i Di t l 1 t ffAppointment and secondment of Interim Director plus 1 staff

- New appointment on 6 November 2012,+1 assistantpp ,- Establishment of Interim Secretariat

Office premises in the UN House UlaanbaatarOffice premises in the UN-House Ulaanbaatar

- UN-House Ulaanbaatar construction work completed- Office premises for the ITT for LLDCs given- Contract with the Diplomatic Service Department of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be signed on 15 March 2013


Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be signed on 15 March 2013,- Moving to the brand new Office on 18 March 2013,


PRESENT

Expected contribution for 2013-2015

- Cabinet meeting 15 December 2012- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Finance were

ordered to place the donation in the budget amendment

Joint Project with UNDP MongoliaJoint Project with UNDP Mongolia

- Project to Operationalize the International Think Tank for LLDCs /Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and UNDP

- International Think Tank for LLDCs and UNDP JointlyInternational Think Tank for LLDCs and UNDP Jointly drafted Project Document 25 February 2013

- Subject to review by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of M liMr. Odbayar Erdenetsogt, Interim Director, International Think Tank for LLDCSs

Mongolia


Host Country agreement PRESENT

- Drafting Host Country Agreement - Law and Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign

Aff i f M li d UN L l OffiAffairs of Mongolia and UN Legal Office

Letters to LLDCs

- Letters from Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia to LLDCsto LLDCs

- Active aproach - Bilaterally raising awareness - Meeting Resident Ambassadors in Mongolia

R t d L PDR t d l tt LLDC Ch i- Requested Lao PDR to send letters as LLDC Chair country



First 3 Research papers• 3 Topics were approved by the LLDC Group

1 M ltil t l T d N ti ti A d LLDC A H d1. Multilateral Trade Negotiations And LLDCs: A Hand Book For Negotiators And Practitioners

2. Bilateral Transit And Transport Agreements Of The LLDCs: A Comparative Study Of Benefits And Bottlenecks

3. World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Round’s Trade gFacilitation Negotiations: Best Outcome Scenario For The LLDCs

• ITT for LLDCs working on TORsITT for LLDCs working on TORs • which one should be the first ever product of our Think Tank ?

• Feedback welcome • Contact details of LLDCs Experts and renowned researchers• Contact details of LLDCs Experts and renowned researchers

needed from each LLDC• Formation of Peer review groups intended



FUTURE What to do?

International Think Tank is established International Think Tank is established • With Interim Secretariat• Interim Director and Staff

/NOW/ Operationalization • Active support needed from every LLDC• Active engagement and participation in the interim phase needed• Functioning consultative communication mechanism needed

• Newsletter

Website • Domain already purchased /www.land‐locked.org/• Online Discussion Forums within the ITT for LLDCs Website

I t ti W b it• Interactive Website• Experienced specialists needed• Digital Library for LLDC related publications• Ideas and feedback most welcome


• Ideas and feedback most welcome• Peer review of research papers via the website possible


• ITT for LLDCs is already there let us operationalize it

FUTUREShort summary

y p

• More Accessions needed for the Multilateral Agreement on the Establishment of an ITT for LLDCs enter into forceEstablishment of an ITT for LLDCs enter into force

• ITT for LLDCs is for all LLDC not only for Mongolia

• Mongolia's active approach and contribution alone is not enough

• LLDCs are welcome to utilize the ITT for LLDCs for themselves and for the common cause /by sending Experts and Internees etc./

• Active Participation in the process of making

• Clear benefits for all LLDCs



COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THEAPoA IN 2014

- LET US BE THERE WITH OUR OWN THINK TANK

LET US CONTRIBUTE WITH TANGIBLE STUDIES- LET US CONTRIBUTE WITH TANGIBLE STUDIES

- LET US ESTABLISH A JOINT PLATFORM FOR ACTION

- LET US IMPROVE OUR SKILLS AND CAPACITY TO NEGOTIATE

- LET US CONTRIBUTE TO THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION

- SUPPORT YOUR OWN COUNTRY BY SUPPORTING THE INTERNATIONAL THINK TANK FOR LLDCs


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