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On 16 July 2021, Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) introduced the Committee's report to the High-Level Segment of ECOSOC.

Featuring H. E. Ambassador Mohan Pieris, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations. Ambassador Mohan Pieris, President’s Counsel, has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in New York since January 2021. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Pieris held the positions of the Chief Justice, Attorney General, Senior Legal Advisor to the Cabinet, Legal Consultant to the Central Bank, and Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka.

2021 HLPF side event organized jointly by the CDP and the New School

The CDP analysis highlights that despite some progress there is still a disconnect between the ambition of the 2030 agenda and the attention given to transformative policies

Recovery from COVID-19 requires reframing the development paradigm towards equality, resilience, environmental sustainability

New Economic School will host an international round table with speakers from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden and Ukraine

ECOSOC endorses the CDP recommendation to graduate Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Nepal from the list of LDCs

Prof. Fukuda-Parr introduced the various sections of the report and the related recommendations

Recovery from COVID-19 needs to reframe the development paradigm towards equality, resilience and environmental sustainability

Improving support to graduating LDCs to ensure a smooth transition of utmost importance

Why is productive capacity essential for least developed countries (LDCs)?

How can the international community support graduating and graduated LDCs?