^^_-. liiltn , !"ll".n.O at the conrinued deteriorarion of the socio_economicconoltlons of tbe least developed countries despite nationaL and international efforts to achieve the qoals and olrjective" oi an" suhstantial New p;6g1611."of Action, .., --1.+1."!it{ .qJtc.r!"a ac the critical econonic siruarion faced parricularlyby the least deueloped countries in Africa, Rg909r-rizinq the specific problens of the land-locked and isrand countriesanong the least deveroped countrles' as reftected in uniced Nations conference on Trade and Developmen! resolutions 137 (vI) and l3B (VI) of 2 Jrlly 1983 l3land Trade and DeveLopnent Board resolution 319 (XXXI) of 27 SeptembZr lgg5, I / , . . Regallinq paragraph ll9 of the Substantial New progranne of Action rn tthich it was reconmended that the fnte rgoveai..nt" f croup on the Least. Developed Countries. while carrlrins out the nii_term rerrier, should considerthe posslbility of holding a gtooai review on the tnplementation of the Substantial New programme of Action at the end of Ch€ decade that. niqht,incer qlia, take tbe form of a united Nations coDference on reast developedcountr les, . ?aking note of the report of the Secreea ry_cener al on the mid_term glohalreviee of proqress to$ards the lnplementation if the substantial New progranneof Action, 15/ carried out by the fn tergovernnen ta I croup oD the leastdeveloped countries at. its sixeh session. "^-^-l:_ -PEphasi?es that the leaet developed countries, in vier of cheir deteri-orating socio_econonic siluation, nara tf" urgent and special attenCion of the internatlonal conm[nity and its largs_ss31g suppor! on a continuous basis to enable them to progress conards aelf-reriant development, consistent r.'ith the plans and progranmes of each least developed country, 3iil3trHi*###;-lV See proceedinss oftheUnited Na t ions on andf, Report and annexes (Un i tedNations publ ication,sect. A.vo1. one , !2/ A/40/826 and corr.t.fI' sect, f .A,ech Sess ion , ^ _!!/ see official Reccbupprenent No. t5 lA/4O/lSlo aI, vol.v4o/989/Add.Lo Bng1i5h Plge I