LDCs

Least developed countries continue to face significant obstacles in the attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To help Member States meet the pledge to leave no one behind, the United Nations system is working to amplify its support to vulnerable countries and peoples.

In its resolution 76/258 on the Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (DPoA), the General Assembly invited CEB and the High-level Committee on Programmes to support the coordination and follow-up of the implementation of the DPoA on a system-wide basis. CEB also retains on its agenda the issue of investment promotion regimes for the least developed countries, in accordance with the Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the IPoA (see General Assembly resolution 70/294).

The High-level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) receives annual progress reports prepared by the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). The most recent highlighted, inter alia:

  • a roadmap for the accelerated implementation of the DPoA, drawing on commitments made at the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5),
  • updated on progress towards the five key deliverables of the DPoA, and
  • summary of ECOSOC's actions pertaining to graduation recommendations presented in the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its twenty-sixth session.

Report on United Nations Support to LDCS (2021)

In 2021, UN-OHRLLS produced a report entitled United Nations support to the Least Developed Countries to facilitate a better understanding of the work of the UN system across the LDCs in the lead up to LDC5. The report informed preparatory discussions as well as the high-level event convened at the Conference by the Secretary-General. In analyzing best practices across the IPoA priority areas, the report also informed HLCP’s efforts to support coordination and follow-up of the IPoA implementation on a system-wide basis, as requested by the General Assembly.

  • Chief Executives Board (CEB)
  • High-level Committee on Programmes (HLCP)

Documents

  • HLCP-46-LDCs-Progress_Report.pdf

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