Ahead of a major United Nations conference on the world’s most vulnerable countries, Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday urged the international community – particularly wealthy nations – to step up and help the more than 1.1 billion people in those countries break out of “vicious cycles” and lift themselves out of poverty.
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04 March 2023
03 March 2023
The conference of Least Developed Countries or LDCs takes place every 10 years and this year’s meeting from 5 to 9 March 2023, known as LDC5, will focus on returning the needs of the 46 designated countries to the top of the global agenda and supporting them as they strive to get back on track to sustainable development.
08 February 2023
The Doha action plan adopted last year, offers a “blueprint” to lift the world’s least developed nations out of poverty amid the ongoing global financial downturn, the UN General Assembly President said on Wednesday.
09 December 2022
Together with UN News, the official United Nations News Service, we are offering journalists from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) an exciting opportunity to have their stories published on the UN News website.
02 December 2022
The world's Least Developed Countries are in a race against time to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The remaining years need to usher in a new global partnership to ensure these 46 countries benefit from social, economic and environmental development.
17 October 2022
In preparation for LDC5, a coalition of local and global civil society organisations (CSOs) from all over the world – changemakers, researchers and practitioners – came together with the United Nations in September in Bonn, Germany.
29 April 2022
Now that it has been adopted, how will the Doha Programme of Action improve the situation for people in the Least Developed Countries?
18 April 2022
A new publication, launched the day before adoption of the Doha Programme of Action, explores how increased South-South and triangular cooperation can enhance the delivery of the new compact for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
06 April 2022
A new publication, launched the day before adoption of the Doha Programme of Action, explores how increased South-South and triangular cooperation can enhance the delivery of the new compact for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
28 February 2022
The General Assembly of the United Nations has agreed on new dates for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5). In addition, and for exceptional reasons relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,