2025 Report of the Committee for Development Policy

The Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2025/33, Supplement No. 13) on its 27th plenary session held from 4 to 8 March is now available in all six official languages on the CDP website. The report addresses the following themes discussed by the CDP during the session: (1) issues related to “new development contexts and pathways”, focusing on financing for development, convergence in human and social development and trade as engine for sustainable development; (2) challenges faced by least developed countries (LDCs) in the current external environment; (3) proposals to strengthen the LDC graduation framework; and (4) the enhanced monitoring of countries that are graduating or have graduated from the LDC category.

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