SDGs

As one of the pillars of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development the CDP will discuss multiple dimensions of "leaving no one behind" in an open session during the 20th Plenary. Watch live on webtv.un.org on Wednesday, 14 March 2018 or join us in Conference Room 6 at UN Headquarters in New York.

Fourteen countries have successfully graduated from the LDC category, or have made noteworthy progress towards graduation, their lessons are relevant to the international community.

This paper explores the challenges countries face in negotiating trade and investment agreements that could restrict their ability to manage access to medicines and the public health systems more generally.

Professor Keith Nurse, Rapporteur of the CDP and the CDP Secretariat participated in the EGM on UN Support for Graduation and Smooth Transition for the LDCs on 14 December 2017. The meeting was organized by OHRLLS and brought together representatives f ...

This policy note provides some answers by analyzing the strategies and policy choices of 14 countries that have successfully graduated from the LDC category, or have made noteworthy progress towards graduation.

The CDP Secretariat participated in the High-level Meeting on ‘Achieving Sustainable Graduation for the LDCs’ held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 29-30 November 2017. The meeting was organized jointly by the Office of the High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs ...

The CDP Secretariat participated as panelist at DESA’s special event “Building Capacity for the 2030 Agenda – UN DESA’s contribution”, arranged on the sidelines of the work of the GA’s Second Committee on 27 November 2017 by the Capacity Development Of ...

The CDP Secretariat participated in the capacity building workshop on ‘Formulating National Policies and Strategies in Preparation for Graduation from the LDC Category’ held in Thimphu, Bhutan during 14 - 16 November 2017. The meeting was organized joi ...

The subgroup on “Leaving no one behind” of the Committee on Development Policy (CDP) met in Mexico City from 14 - 16 November 2017. Discussions addressed numerous aspects of the concept of “leaving no one behind”, including conceptual issues, the relat ...