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LDC News

From OHRLLS: Qatar Formalizes $10 Million Contribution to Support Least Developed Countries
10 February 2025
From the CDP Secretariat: Cambodia and Senegal scheduled to graduate from the LDC category in 2029
19 December 2024
From UN News: São Tomé and Príncipe takes major development step
16 December 2024
Sao Tome and Principe has graduated from the LDC category
13 December 2024
October 15 is the deadline of the call for paper presentations at the LDC Future Forum 2025
15 October 2024
From UNCTAD: Mounting fiscal deficits and debt in least developed countries require urgent international action
18 September 2024
From the WTO: DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes Timor-Leste as 166th WTO member
30 August 2024
From the WTO: DG Okonjo-Iweala welcomes Comoros as 165th WTO member
21 August 2024
LDCs day, July 30
30 July 2024
From the WTO: WTO members explore ways of boosting LDCs’ capacity to participate in services trade
11 July 2024
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LDC Events

Events on LDCs at FfD4 - Sevilla, 30 June to 6 July 2025
30 June 2025
High-level Expert Group Meeting on an Online University or Equivalent Platform for STEM Education for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) (OHRLLS)
03 June 2025
WTO LDC group workshop on rules of origin negotiations
13 May 2025
Side-events on LDCs at the Financing for Development Forum and the 4th FfD4 Prepcom
28 April 2025
Sustainable energy transition across sectors in Arab LDCs (ESCWA)
28 April 2025
Roundtable at the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2025 - Doha Programme of Action for the LDCs 2022-2031
16 April 2025
LDC Future Forum 2025 - Enhancing Resilience: Innovative Solutions for Strengthening LDCs Resilience against Systemic Shocks
01 April 2025
2025 Annual Meeting of National Focal Points of LDCs
31 March 2025
Committee for Development Policy (CDP) 2025 Plenary meeting
24 February 2025
First Asia-Pacific Biennial Review of the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (ESCAP)
04 December 2024
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