The International Think Tank Ratifications

THE INTERNATIONAL THINK
TANK FOR LANDLOCKED
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Enhancing Cooperation between Mongolia and the EU on Regional and
Global Issues July 09, 2013 Ulaanbaatar
Mr. Odbayar Erdenetsogt, Interim Director, International Think Tank for LLDCs

Past
•Declarations
•Communiqués
•Resolutions
Present
•Multilateral Agreement on the Establishment of an ITT for LLDCs
•What are the benefits of having our own Think Tank ?
•What did we achieve?
•What about the Mongolian contribution?
•Research Papers
Future
•What to do?
•ITT and the EU
•Summary

President of Mongolia at the First Summit of the LLDCs in Habana in 2006
Declarations:
•Ulaanbaatar Declaration adopted at the Meeting of Trade Ministers
of LLDCs, Ulaanbaatar, August 28-29, 2007
•Ezulwini Declaration by the 3rd
Meeting of Trade Ministers of
LLDCs, Ezulwini, Kingdom of Swaziland, October21-22, 2009
Communiqué of the
• 7th
Annual Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries
(LLDCs), New York, September 28, 2007
•LLDCs Ministerial, Accra, April 22, 2008 (sideline of UNCTAD XII)
•8th
Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of LLDCs, New York, September
25, 2009
•9th
Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of LLDCs, New York, September
24, 2010
PAST

• UNGA Resolution A/RES/64/214 of 23 March 2010
• UNGA Resolution 66/214 of 22 December 2011
• “Ulaanbaatar Declaration” adopted by ESCAP High-level Policy
Dialogue on the Implementation of APoA and other Development
Gaps faced by the LLDCs, held in Ulaanbaatar from April 12-14, 2011
• ESCAP Resolution E/ESCAP/67/4 of May 22, 2011 on “Ulaanbaatar
Declaration”
• The 16th
Ministerial Conference of the NAM, Bali, May 25-27, 2011
• The 10th
ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting Chair’s Statement,
7 June 2011
• Communiqué of the 10th
Annual Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of
LLDCs, NY, September 23, 2011
• Declaration of the XVI Summit of Heads of State or Government
of the Non-Aligned Movement Issued on August 30-31, 2012

Official Launching of the ITT in Ulaanbaatar by the UNSG and
Mongolian Foreign Minister 2009

PRESENT
CURRENT STATE OF SIGNING AND RATIFICATION OF THE
MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT :

What are the Benefits of this ITT?
1. Maximization of the efficiency of our coordinated efforts for the effective
implementation of the internationally agreed provisions, particularly the APoA
and the Millennium Development Goals;
2. Developing best strategies on any matter of our interest and avoid
duplication of our actions and endeavors;
3. Learning from best practices of the landlocked developed countries
4. Improving the analytical capability of LLDCs
5. Joint contribution to Poverty Reduction and Raising Human Development
6. Formulation of joint platform for concerted actions of the LLDCs at
international fora, including the Trade Facilitation negotiations at the WTO;

7. Campaigning for common interests of LLDCs
8. Raising awareness of challenges faced by the LLDCs;
9. Presenting of portal and digital library of research papers and
information on issues of interest to the LLDCs.
and many more …

PRESENT
What did we achieve?
MONGOLIA’S CONTRIBUTION:
Steps taken so far to operationalize the ITT for LLDCs
Appointment and secondment of Interim Director plus 1 staff
- New appointment on 6 November 2012,+1 assistant
- Establishment of Interim Secretariat
Office premises in the UN-House Ulaanbaatar
- UN-House Ulaanbaatar construction work completed
- Office premises for the ITT for LLDCs given
- Contract with the Diplomatic Service Department of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed,
- Shifting to the brand new Office on 6 May 2013,

PRESENT
Expected contribution for 2013-2015
- Cabinet meeting 15 December 2012
- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Finance were
ordered to place the donation in the budget amendment
Joint Project with UNDP Mongolia
- Project to Operationalize the International Think Tank for
LLDCs /Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and
UNDP
- International Think Tank for LLDCs and UNDP Jointly
drafting Project Document

Host Country agreement
- Drafting Host Country Agreement
- Law and Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Mongolia and UN Legal Office
Letters to LLDCs
- Letters from Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
to LLDCs
- Active aproach - Bilaterally raising awareness
- Meeting Resident Ambassadors in Mongolia
- Requested Lao PDR to send letters as LLDC Chair
country
PRESENT

First 3 Research papers
•3 Topics were approved by the LLDC Group
1. Multilateral Trade Negotiations And LLDCs: A Hand
Book For Negotiators And Practitioners
2. Bilateral Transit And Transport Agreements Of The
LLDCs: A Comparative Study Of Benefits And
Bottlenecks
3. World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Round’s
Trade Facilitation Negotiations: Best Outcome
Scenario For The LLDCs
•ITT for LLDCs working on TORs
•which one should be the first ever product of our Think Tank ?
• Feedback welcome
• Contact details of LLDCs Experts and renowned
researchers needed from each LLDCs and Landlocked
Developed Countries
• Formation of Peer review groups intended

FUTURE
International Think Tank is established
•With Interim Secretariat
•Interim Director and Staff
/NOW/ Operationalization
•Active support needed from every LLDC and International Organizations
•Active engagement and participation of donors and stakeholders needed
Website
•Domain already purchased /www.land-locked.org/
• Online Discussion Forums within the ITT for LLDCs Website
• Interactive Website
• Experienced specialists needed
• Digital Library for LLDC related publications
• Ideas and feedback most welcome
• Peer review of research papers via the website possible

ITT for LLDC and EU /a possible bond/
•Great potential
•EU Think Tanks and ITT for LLDC
•EU-Development aid and ITT for LLDC
•Linking EU Member states with ITT for LLDC
•Joint research on regional and global issues
•Post APoA and Post 2015 – interesting time to join forces
•Sharing experiences and best practices of EU member
states especially EU-Landlocked Developed Countries
•Linking EU system organizations and ITT for LLDC
•WIN WIN scenario for both sides…
Enhancing Cooperation between Mongolia and the EU on Regional and Global
Issues July 09, 2013 Ulaanbaatar

Mr. Erdenetsogt Odbayar M.A.
Interim Director
International Think Tank for LLDC
UN House
United Nations Street-12
Sukhbaatar district
Ulaanbaatar 14201
Mongolia
Tel: +976 11 351971
Fax: + 976 11 322127
E-mail: odbayar@mfa.gov.mn
odbayar@land-locked.org

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