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ECOSOC has recommended deferral of Angola's graduation and extension of the preparatory period for Solomon Islands

MTAVARES1 — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:45:00 +0000

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. If the General Assembly defers Angola's graduation, the issue would be addressed by ECOSOC in 2024. Angola does not currently meet the graduation criteria.

ECOSOC also recommended, based on the CDP's monitoring outcome, that the General Assembly extend the preparatory period for Solomon Islands, which is currently scheduled to graduate in December 2024. The General Assembly is expected to address the issue during the current session.

More information in the CDP's report and ECOSOC's resolution, both available here.

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Special High-Level Event of the General Assembly and ECOSOC: Doha Programme of Action as an accelerator of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

MTAVARES1 — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000

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8 February 2023. More information: Special High-level Event of the General Assembly and ECOSOC | Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

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From the Second Committee of the General Assembly: approval of draft resolution on “Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries”

MTAVARES1 — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:00:00 +0000

22 November 2022. The Second Committee of the General Assembly approved the draft resolution “Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries” (document A/C.2/77/L.57).

"By its terms, the Assembly would note with concern the estimates that by 2030 much of the world’s poor will live in the least developed countries, which indicate that the implementation of the 2030 Agenda is not on track, stressing the need for global support for the least developed countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and ensure that no one is left behind.

Further to the draft, it would welcome the global ambition to voluntarily channel $100 billion of special drawing rights to developing and least developing countries and call upon Member States with strong external positions to consider the voluntary channelling of special drawing rights to countries in need, particularly to the least developed countries, in a timely manner, including through the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust."

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Text of the resolution in the six official languages of the United Nations.

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From the Second Committee of the General Assembly: approval of draft resolution on “Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries”

MTAVARES1 — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 20:00:00 +0000

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Text of the resolution in the six official languages of the United Nations.

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Annual Ministerial Meeting of the LDCs, 77th session of the General Assembly (2022)

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Thursday, 22 September 2022 - 9:00am

Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries | Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

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