Finally, the international community should expand the market access for goods exported by developing countries Landlocked reduce transaction costs. Increased technical assistance should also be given to these countries so they can participate better to the multilateral trade negotiations, and in particular those related to trade facilitation, recommended by the Secretary General..

To make it happen and especially to successfully build networks of transit and transport that are really adapted to the needs of landlocked developing countries. Indeed, the geographic realities, combined with gaps in infrastructure and difficulties with transit through the territory of third countries, limit the export potential of landlocked countries, regretted the President of the Assembly. The mid-term review of the implementation of the Programme of Action

BAN KI-MOON, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, said he had convened a High Level Meeting on Millennium Development last week and on that occasion, he pulled the bell alarm about the short time that remains if we are to honor the commitments to the developing world. Today, we draw again sounding the alarm for the implementation of the Programme of Action Almaty, he said, hoping that the meeting held by the Assembly would develop the same kind of encouraging response than that which took place on the MDGs.

Mr. Ban said that too many landlocked developing countries were not on track to achieve the MDGs. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), he said, 10 of the 20 countries with the lowest level of human development are landlocked. He felt vital that these states are increasing their export volume in order to achieve the MDGs. He stressed that at present, 31 developing countries landlocked account of the world represent only 1% of world merchandise trade. The main obstacle to increasing their share of world trade is the high cost of transport, he said, recalling that in some states, these costs could exceed 70% of the value of export products. It is a barrier to trade more important than that posed by tariffs, he added.

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