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

Hamed Diané Semega, Minister of Equipment and Transport of Mali, addresses the high-level General Assembly meeting on the mid-term review of the Almaty Programme of Action on the Special Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) at the United Nations, New York, on 2 October 2008. Mali is the chair of the Group of LLDCs. PHOTO: UN/Marco Castro

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