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Since 2019, over 80 per cent of its population has been pushed into poverty, the currency has lost 95 per cent of its value, and prices have increased by more than 200 per cent.4 Diesel prices, up by 2,000 per cent in only one year, have made it prohibitively costly for most workers to travel to work and for children to attend school. (...) Three decisions by BDL can be highlighted as key contributors to the devaluation of the Lebanese currency and the resulting impoverishment of the population. 49. (...) Such policies have contributed to a downward spiral of the currency, the devastation of the economy, the wiping out of people’s lifetime savings and, ultimately, to plunging the population into poverty.

The selection of NGI projects follows a competitive process in which the GEF launches calls for proposals inviting Agencies to submit innovative projects with a focus on scalability, innovation and digital and technological solutions that have a potential to generate global environmental benefits. 40.

Comm No Letter of Credit Currency Value of Letter of Credit in Original Currency Payments made Remaining Balance Status Beneficiary 87 1300126 B750927 JPY 2 231 599 767.00 2 211 399 279.00 20 200 488.00 Active Al Rowa’a General Trading Co. (...) Comm No Letter of Credit Currency Value of Letter of Credit in Original Currency Payments made Cancelled Amount Status Beneficiary 46 701220 U724139 USD 164 088.45 - 164 088.45 Cancelled PENINSULA TRAD. (...) Comm No Letter of Credit Currency Value of Letter of Credit in Original Currency Payments made Cancelled Amount Status Beneficiary 166 830723 M737731 EUR 61 253.57 - 61 253.57 Cancelled Petrotechnology, Paris 167 830730 C737132 EUR 276 900.00 - 276 900.00 Cancelled Comet Co.

To unleash the potential of digital economy, we deliver the G20 Digital Economy Development and Cooperation Initiative, which builds on our work begun in Antalya. We aim to foster favorable conditions for its development and to address digital divide, including through expanded and better and affordable broadband access, flow of information for economic growth, trust and security, while ensuring respect for privacy and personal data protection, investment in the ICT sector, entrepreneurship, digital transformation, e-commerce cooperation, enhanced digital inclusion and development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). We reaffirm paragraph 26 in the Antalya Communique, commit to offer policy support for an open and secure environment and recognize the key role of adequate and effective IPR protection and enforcement to the development of the digital economy. We welcome the efforts made by the OECD, IMF, national and other international organizations on the measurement of the digital economy, and recognize that further relevant research and exchange are needed. 15.

We call upon the development partners, the private sector, international organisations, and other relevant stakeholders to contribute to the achievement of these targets as well as those of the Secretary General roadmap for digital cooperation and those of the Smart Africa Alliance, especially since digital technology has become a necessity in all socio-economic sectors, including remote learning, during the COVID-19 pandemic. 17. (...) In this regard, we look forward to intensified an d concerted action of the G20 countries to enhance the ability of LDCs to more fully engage in digital trade, as committed in the G20 Summit in Germany in 2017 and further call on relevant organizations to enhance support including, capacity -building to assist LDCs to address gaps in legal and regulatory frameworks and develop digital skills. 28. (...) Furthermore, we call for new financial instruments that harness the potential of digital innovations for the financing of the SDGs, including e.g. digital financing platforms, innovative digital services, Micro- Small and Medium- sized Enterprises (MSMEs) digitization and domestic resource mobilization.

Furthermore, rapidly widening digital divide threatens to leave LDCs even further behind; 11. (...) We urge Members to examine issues of the digital divide and the ability of LDC suppliers to participate fairly in, and establish their own, e-commerce platforms in order to directly trade their goods and services. (...) In this regard, we look forward to intensified and concerted action of the G20 countries to enhance the ability of least developed countries to more fully engage in digital trade, as committed in the G20 Summit in Germany in 2017; 35.

We urge Members to examine issues of the digital divide and the ability of LDC suppliers to participate fairly in, and establish their own, e-commerce platforms in order to directly trade their goods and services. (...) A/73/455 18-17875 10/18 G20 countries to enhance the ability of least developed countries to more fully engage in digital trade, as committed in the G20 Summit in Germany in 2017; 30. (...) We also take note of the proposed programme of work of Bank in several LDCs, including in the areas of STI and technology needs assessments and the promotion of digital access to research, in collaboration with other UN agencies.

联 合 国 S/2019/691* 安全理事会 Distr.: General 30 August 2019 Chinese Original: English 19-13211 * (C) 041219 041219 *1913211* 3

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FCCC/CP/2021/9 16 GE.21-13052 projects with a focus on scalability, innovation and digital and technological solutions that have a potential to generate global environmental benefits.14 The GEF launched two calls for proposals in the reporting period (July 2020 and January 2021), and received 15 proposals, requesting $203.5 million in financing.