On 6 June 2019 Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee’s Report on it’s 21st Session at the Management Meeting (MM) of ECOSOC's 2019 Management Segment. The CDP’s deliberations on the ECOSOC theme of inclusiveness and equality and the Committee’s continued analysis on the voluntary national reviews of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda were presented. Professor Fukuda-Parr also briefed the Council on LDC-related issues, including the progress of the comprehensive review of the LDC criteria, the monitoring of the development progress of graduating and graduated countries, the need for an incentives package of improved assistance to graduating LDCs, the review of the application of the LDC category by the UN development system, and the recommendations that the theme of “Expanding productive capacity for sustainable development” should be used as the organizing framework of the new programme of action for the LDCs.

ECOSOC adopted the respective resolution E/RES/2019/8 on the report.

The Management Segment (formerly called CMM) is integral to ECOSOC’s coordinating role at the heart of the UN development system. Held throughout the year, the Council reviews and approves the latest reports from ECOSOC subsidiary and expert bodies in economic, social, environmental and related fields.

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Presentation by Professor Fukuda-Parr

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