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The following provisions on support to the travel of LDC delegates to international conferences and meetings are in addition to any support that may be available for developing countries in general or other categories of countries:

• The United Nations pays for the travel (but not for subsistence expenses) for up to five representatives per LDC attending a regular session of the General Assembly; one representative per LDC attending a special or emergency session of the General Assembly; and one member of a permanent mission in New York designated as a representative or alternate to a session of the General Assembly (see the Delegates Handbook, p. 71).  After graduation, if requested, travel benefits can be extended for a period of up to three years.
• A number of United Nations organizations and Conventions have also established financial mechanisms to fund the participation of LDCs in their processes. For example, 
  • a specific trust fund has been established by UN-OHRLLS for the travel, daily subsistence allowance and terminal expenses of up to two representatives from each LDC to attend major conferences sponsored by the United Nations and ministerial meetings;
  • the Trust Fund for Participation in the  Process supports the participation of representatives of developing country Parties, in particular the LDCs and SIDS, and other Parties with economies in transition in the sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and its subsidiary bodies.  The main criterion is GDP per capita, but other criteria are also applied. In particular, SIDS and LDCs receive financing for one additional delegate. 
  • the Human Rights Council has an to support the participation of these countries in the work of the Council, including by financing travel; 
  • WHO covers the cost of an economy/tourist airfare for one delegate of each LDC to the World Health Assembly ();
  • UNIDO funds the travel of the Minister of Industry and Commerce or equivalent to UNIDO’s biennial Ministerial Conference on LDCs, and provides other forms of travel support;
  • The WTO sets up an LDC Trust Fund for each of its Ministerial Conferences to help finance travel of LDC delegates to the Conference.  Multiple WTO members contribute to the fund. LDCs also receive funding to attend other meetings (e.g.). The  funds the participation of LDC coordinators and delegations in meetings on Aid for Trade and in selected WTO meetings of priority to the LDCs, including the Director-General’s Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime provides funding for one representative of each LDC to attend the 缅北禁地Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (for reference, see the guidance for 2020  - PDF), the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, and the Implementation Review Group of the Mechanism for the Review of Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
  • The Universal Postal Union (UPU), in article 116 of its, provides that one representative of each LDC is entitled to reimbursement of the cost of travel to the meetings of the Postal Operations Council (travel of one representative of each developing country member, LDC or not, to the meetings of the Council of Administration is also reimbursed, per article 110).
• Other organizations have financial support for the participation of LDCs in various international conferences and meetings, including the IPCC Secretariat,  (PDF), ITU (), FAO (WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission), World Organization for Animal Health, International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat (IPPC), International Criminal Court, and processes within the United Nations Secretariat, including the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea. 

What happens after graduation?

Funding for travel to the General Assembly meetings can be extended for up to three years upon request. In other cases, it depends on whether the support provided to LDCs also covers other categories of countries (e.g., SIDS, LLDCs, low-income or lower-middle-income countries).