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  2. Least developed countries - Wikipedia

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    The Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 9–13 May 2011. It was attended by Ban Ki-moon, the head of the UN, and close to 50 prime ministers and heads of state. The conference endorsed the goal of raising half the existing Least developed countries out of the LDC category in 2022.

  3. Landlocked developing countries - Wikipedia

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    The landlocked developing countries (LLDC) are developing countries that are landlocked. [1] Due to the economic and other disadvantages suffered by such countries, the majority of landlocked countries are least developed countries (LDCs), with inhabitants of these countries occupying the bottom billion tier of the world's population in terms of poverty. [2]

  4. United Nations Office of the High Representative for the ...

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    The office has several roles for its client group. For the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries, it helps to ensure implementation of the program and supports the UN Economic and Social Council in assessing progress. It supports follow-up of the Almaty Declaration and Programme of Action for Transit Transport Cooperation ...

  5. List of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on ...

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    Developing countries may volunteer to become Annex I countries when they are sufficiently developed. Least-developed countries (LDCs): 49 Parties are LDCs, and are given special status under the treaty in view of their limited capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change.

  6. Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States

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    The text of the Cotonou agreement has been updated in 2005 and 2010, but the lists have not, despite the fact that the actual list of LDCs as defined by the United Nations has changed: Cape Verde has graduated from LDC status in December 2007, while Senegal has acquired the status in 2001 and Timor-Leste in 2003. The following lists should thus ...

  7. Small Island Developing States - Wikipedia

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    For example, Target 7 of Sustainable Development Goal 14 ("Life below Water") states: "By 2030, increase the economic benefits to small island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism".

  8. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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    Least-developed countries (LDCs): 49 Parties are LDCs, and are given special status under the treaty in view of their limited capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change. [ 96 ] Non-Annex I : Parties to the UNFCCC not listed in Annex I of the convention are mostly low-income [ 99 ] developing countries. [ 96 ]

  9. Like-Minded Developing Countries - Wikipedia

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    The Like-Minded Group of Developing Countries (LMDC) is a group of developing countries who organise themselves as a block of negotiators in international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, they represent more than 50% of the world's population.