UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

Hans Winkler, State Secretary for European and International Affairs of Austria, addresses a high-level General Assembly meeting on the mid-term review of the Almaty Programme of Action on the Special Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries at the United Nations in New York on 2 October 2008. PHOTO: UN/Marco Castro

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