The Committee received a keynote address by the United Nations High Representative on the LDCs. The special guests were Mr Check Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), Mr Arjun Karki, International Coordiantor, LDC Watch, Mr Ephraim Kayembe, a member of parliament from Malawi and Ms Alice Foyah, a member of parliament for Sierra Leone). An interactive discussion to assist in defining the parliamentary input to the LDC Conference taking place in June 2011 was held.