Graduation
16 December 2025.
World News in Brief - São Tomé and Príncipe takes major development step.
News item here.
13 December 2024.
CDP Secretariat/UNDESA: "Sao Tome and Principe graduated from LDC status".
25 March 2024
13 December 2023. From UNDESA/CDP Secretariat: Bhutan Graduates from LDC Status.
23 October 2023. From the WTO: The General Council reached an important milestone on 23 October in the global efforts to assist least-developed countries (LDCs) on the path to graduation from LDC status, adopting a decision on the extension of support measures for graduating countries.
7 June 2023. The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has recommended that the General Assembly defer the graduation of Angola, currently scheduled for February 2023. Consultations are ongoing under the CDP's Enhanced Monitoring Mechanism. The CDP is to report back to ECOSOC on the outcome of the consultations.
9 March 2023. Read the story here: From Istanbul to Doha: Nepal’s long road to graduating as a Least Developed Country | United Nations DCO (un-dco.org)