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Turkey expects strong voices against economic inequalities at UN conference

08 May 2011 00:37 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Turkish foreign minister said on Saturday that he was expecting the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) to take place in Istanbul to voice a strong word against international economic inequalities, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in Istanbul: "Our aim is to be the voice of international conscience, raise a global voice and maintain this voice for the following decade."

He said Turkey would again become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, and was willing to play a role that could change the paradigm of any issue when an issue was brought up in the UN system.

The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) will take place in Istanbul between May 9 and 13.

Turkeyâ€™s President Abdullah Gul and United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will make the opening remarks of the conference at Istanbulâ€™s Lutfi Kirdar International Congress Center.

About 40 heads of state or government, 10 vice presidents, 94 ministers, 47 heads of international organizations are expected to attend the conference. Two papers, a political declaration and an action plan, are expected to be adopted at the end of the conference in order to pave the way for a road map for activities of the next decade.

There are 48 least developed countries in the world with a population of 950 million.