The 3rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Think Tank for LLDCs

In line with Article 6.3 of the Multilateral Agreement on the Establishment of the ITTLLDC, Mr. Amrit Bahadur Rai, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN, was elected as the new Chairperson and Mr.Ugyen Dorji, Chief of Social & Humanitarian Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan, was elected as the new Vice-chairperson.

The Board discussed key operational issues concerning the ITTLLDC, such as its Annual Report for 2021, financial audit report, and the Annual Work Plan for 2022.

During this meeting, the Election for the Executive Director was held. The Government of Mongolia nominated the ITTLLDC’s Director of Operations Mr. Dulguun Damdin-Od for the Executive Director and he was elected and appointed by the Board as the new Executive Director of the ITTLLDC.

The meeting was also observed by the United Nations Office for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), who was granted observer status by the Board of Governors of the ITTLLDC in 2019. During the meeting, Mr. Erdenebileg Sandagdorj, Chief of the Office of the High-Representative for the LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, informed the Board of Governors about activities of the UN-OHRLLS in support of landlocked developing countries during the pandemic and its cooperation with the ITTLLDC.