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Least Developed Countries:
Country resolutions and reports
Since 1971, the CDP has analysed the development progress of existing and prospective LDCs. This work has been mandated by the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council. These bodies have adopted a variety of country specific resolutions, including on the inclusion of countries into the the list and on their possible graduation. These resolutions and reports can be found here.
Country Inclusion
Afghanistan
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Angola
1994

- CDP reports: 1977, 1978, 1994, 2012, 2015
- ECOSOC: E/RES/2015/11
- General Assembly: A/RES/49/133, A/RES/70/253
- Impact Assessments: 2015
- Vulnerability Profiles: 2015
- Statements: 2015 CDP EGM Statement
- Presentation: 2015 CDP EGM Presentation
Bangladesh
1975

- CDP report: 1975
- ECOSOC: E/1976 (LIX)
- General Assembly: A/RES/3487(XXX)
Benin
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Bhutan
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Burkina Faso
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Burundi
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Cambodia
1991

- CDP report: 1991
- General Assembly: A/RES/46/206
Central African Republic
1975

- CDP report: 1975
- ECOSOC: E/1976 (LIX)
- General Assembly: A/RES/3487(XXX)
Chad
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Comoros
1977

- CDP report: 1977
- General Assembly: A/RES/31/42, A/RES/32/92
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1991

- CDP report: 1991
- General Assembly: A/RES/46/206
Djibouti
1982

- CDP reports: 1978, 1981,1982
- ECOSOC: E/1980/161,E/1982/41, E/1982/106
- General Assembly:
A/RES/35/106, A/RES/37/133
Equatorial Guinea
1982

- CDP reports: 1981, 1982, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- ECOSOC: E/1980/161, E/1982/41, E/1982/106, E/2009/35, E/2011/20, E/2012/32
- General Assembly: A/RES/35/106, A/RES/37/133, A/RES/68/18
- Impact Assessment: 2009
- Vulnerability Profile: 2009
- Statement: 2009 CDP EGM,
2009 CDP Plenary English,
2009 CDP Plenary Spanish - Monitoring reports: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
Eritrea
1994

- CDP report: 1994
- General Assembly: A/RES/49/133
Ethiopia
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Gambia
1975

- CDP report: 1975
- ECOSOC: E/1976 (LIX)
- General Assembly: A/RES/3487(XXX)
Guinea
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Guinea-Bissau
1981

- CDP reports: 1978, 1981
- ECOSOC: E/1980/161,E/1981/34
- General Assembly: A/RES/35/106
Haiti
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Kiribati
1986

- CDP reports: 1985, 1986, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2015
- ECOSOC: E/1984/58, E/DEC/1986/153, E/RES/2015/L.13
- General Assembly: A/RES/41/186
- Impact Assessment: 2009, 2015
- Vulnerability Profile: 2009, 2015
- Statement: 2009 CDP EGM, 2015 EGM statement
- Presentation: 2015 EGM presentation
Lao People's Democratic Republic
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Lesotho
1971

- CDP report: 197
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Liberia
1990

- CDP reports: 1982, 1983, 1990
- ECOSOC: E/1982/106, E/1990/261
- General Assembly: A/DEC/45/437
Madagascar
1991

- CDP report: 1991
- General Assembly: A/RES/46/206
Malawi
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Mali
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Mauritania
1986

- CDP report: 1986
- ECOSOC: E/DEC/1986/103, E/DEC/1986/153
- General Assembly: A/RES/41/186
Mozambique
1988

- CDP report: 1988
- ECOSOC: E/DEC/1988/105, E/1988/153
- General Assembly: A/DEC/43/431
Myanmar
1987

- CDP reports: 1987, 1997
- ECOSOC: E/1987/163
- General Assembly: A/DEC/42/428
Nepal
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Niger
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Rwanda
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Sao Tome and Principe
1982

- CDP reports: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982
- ECOSOC: E/1980/161, E/1982/41, E/1982/106
- General Assembly: A/RES/35/106, A/RES/37/133
Senegal
2000

- CDP report: 2000
- ECOSOC: E/2000/34
- General Assembly: A/RES/55/253
Sierra Leone
1982

- CDP report: 1982I
- ECOSOC: E/1982/41, E/1982/106
- General Assembly: A/RES/37/133
Solomon Islands
1991

- CDP report: 1991
- General Assembly: A/RES/46/206
Somalia
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
South Sudan
2012

- CDP report: 2012
- ECOSOC: E/RES/2012/32
- General Assembly: A/RES/67/136
Sudan
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Timor-Leste
2003

- CDP report: 2003
- ECOSOC: E/2003/280
- General Assembly: A/RES/58/112
Togo
1982

- CDP report: 1982
- ECOSOC: E/1981/47, E/1982/41
- General Assembly: A/RES/37/133
Tuvalu
1986

- CDP reports: 1985, 1986, 2003, 2006,
2009 Section V C para 15-16, 24-26,
2012 Chapter IV C para 86-87, 90-94 - ECOSOC: E/1984/58, E/DEC/1986/153, E/RES/2012/32, E/RES/2015/L.13
- General Assembly: A/RES/41/186
- Impact Assessments: 2009, 2012,
Country response 2012,
DESA response 2012 - Vulnerability Profiles: 2009, 2012
- Statements: 2009 CDP EGM,
2009 CDP Plenary,
2012 CDP EGM presentation,
2012 CDP EGM, 2012 CDP Plenary
Uganda
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
United Republic of Tanzania
1971

- CDP report: 1971
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI)
Vanuatu
1985

- CDP reports: 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2009 Section V C para 15-16, 27-29, 2012
- ECOSOC: E/1997/223,
E/1998/39, E/RES/2012/32 - General Assembly: A/RES/40/233,
A/RES/52/210, A/RES/68/18, A/RES/70/78 - Impact Assessments: 2009, 2012
- Vulnerability Profiles: 2009, 2012
- Statements: 2009 CDP Plenary,
2012 CDP EGM - Monitoring Reports: 2014, 2015, 2016
Yemen
1971

- CDP reports: 1971, 1975
- General Assembly: A/RES/2768(XXVI), A/RES/3487(XXX)
Zambia
1991

- CDP reports: 1987, 1988, 1991
- ECOSOC: E/1987/109
- General Assembly: A/RES/46/206