CDP Plenary 2025

20 January 2025

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Date: 24 - 28 February 2025
Place: UNHQ, New York, USA
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Agenda
Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2025/33, Supplement No. 13)
عربي, 中文, English, Français, Русский, Español
Opening Statement of H.E. Mr. Robert Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations and President of ECOSOC
Opening Statement of Mr. Li Jinhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

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The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) held its 27th Plenary meeting from 24 to 28 February at UN Headquarters in New York.

H.E. Mr. Robert Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations and President of ECOSOC, and Mr. Li Jinhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, addressed the CDP members during the opening session.

The Committee addressed several issues related to “new development contexts and pathways”, focusing on financing for development, convergence in human and social development and trade as engine for sustainable development.

The CDP also discussed challenges faced by least developed countries (LDCs) in the current external environment, developed proposals to strengthen the LDC graduation framework and conducted the monitoring of graduating and graduated countries.

The conclusions of the Plenary meeting will be formally reported to ECOSOC in the CDP Report.

The Committee held an interactive session with the ECOSOC membership to provide an overview of the discussions and deliberations of the Plenary meeting.