Nepal calls for a reformed and more equitable international debt restructuringto address the debt crisis of low-income countries.

The international economic and financial system must be transformed to better support the most vulnerable countries.

Yet we are told time and time again, that our categorisation as middle and high-income countries render us ineligible to access concessionary finance and development support. It is as if the international system, almost by design, perpetuates the conditions that stifle our hard-earned albeit fragile progress

Jamaica maintains itscall for a revision of the graduation criteria, as the classification system utilized by international financial institutions is simply not appropriate. We concur with the UNSecretary Generalin his assessment, that graduation must be a reward, not a punishment.

Pero deseo enfatizar que nada de lo anterior será posible, si no atendemos a la espada de Damocles de la inequidad global: la reconfiguraciónde laarquitectura financiera internacional.Como lo expresara el señor Secretario General, resulta francamente penoso que en 10 años no se haya podido concretar el compromiso de proporcionar 100.000 millones de dólares a los países en desarrollo para desplegaracciones contra el cambio climático.