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LDC News

From the WTO: Ministers approve WTO membership of Comoros and Timor-Leste at MC13
26 February 2024
From The World Academy of Sciences - Deadline 29 March 2024: TWAS-FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for LDCs
19 February 2024
From the WTO: WTO members congratulate Bhutan on graduating from LDC status
13 December 2023
From UNDESA/CDP Secretariat: Bhutan Graduates from LDC Status
13 December 2023
From the GEF: In good news for adaptation, donors boost support to LDCF and SCCF
04 December 2023
From the WTO: WTO members reach deal to support least-developed countries on path to graduation
23 October 2023
Upcoming deadlines: Opportunities for scientists, research groups from LDCs with TWAS Visiting Expert Programme and TWAS-SISSA-Lincei Research Cooperation Visits Programme
28 August 2023
GA resolution on postponement of Solomon Islands graduation from the LDC category
25 August 2023
From the GEF: LDCF and SCCF provide new targeted support for vulnerable states
29 June 2023
ECOSOC has recommended deferral of Angola's graduation and extension of the preparatory period for Solomon Islands
07 June 2023
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LDC Events

Innovation for structural transformation in Least Developed Countries – LDC Future Forum
05 March 2024
Committee for Development Policy Plenary meeting
04 March 2024
Webinar on harnessing intellectual property rights for innovation, development and economic transformation in LDCs (UNCTAD, Commonwealth Secretariat)
29 January 2024
LDCs Participation in Digital Economy Agreements and E-commerce Provisions in FTA (Cambodia) (UNCTAD e-Week 2023)
04 December 2023
Work of the LEG in supporting the least developed countries on adaptation
04 December 2023
Enabling a "Green Seize" of New Trade Opportunities for LDCs: Learning from the COVID-19 response to address the climate emergency (WTO with ODI, EIF)
03 December 2023
Enabling a “Green Seize” of New Trade Opportunities for LDCs: Learning from the Covid-19 response to address the climate emergency (Session host: WTO)
03 December 2023
Climate Adaptation Regional Programming and Strategy Workshops for LDCs (GEF)
05 October 2023
Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the LDCs, 78th session of the General Assembly (2023)
21 September 2023
Scaling blended finance to mobilize private SDG investments in LDCs and other vulnerable countries (UNDESA, UN-OHRLLS, UNCDF, Nepal, Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance, International Organization of Employers, Convergence)
17 September 2023
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