No nation should be left behind due to its geography, the General Assembly heard on Tuesday as it endorsed a declaration reaffirming the international community’s commitment to landlocked developing countries.

Acting without a vote, the Assembly adopted the draft resolution titled “Endorsement of the Awaza Political Declaration”.

“This resolution stands as the formal outcome of a landmark gathering: The third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, held in Awaza, Turkmenistan, this past August”, the representative of Bolivia noted, as he introduced the text, on behalf of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries.

He added that the draft resolution endorses the Awaza Political Declaration, which offers a powerful, collective response to the challenges, building on the legacy of the Almaty and Vienna Programmes of Action, learning from past shortfalls and charting a renewed, ambitious and action-oriented course for the next decade.

Source: UN