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CDP participates at the Expert Group Meeting on UN Support for Graduation and Smooth Transition for LDCs

Professor Keith Nurse, Rapporteur of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and the CDP Secretariat participated in the EGM on UN Support for Graduation and Smooth Transition for the LDCs on 14 December 2017. The meeting was organized by OHRLLS and brought together representatives from LDCs, including from countries that are in the process of graduating or have graduated from the category of the LDCs, representatives from the UN system and other international organizations and experts on LDC specific support and graduation to discuss the needs of LDCs and possible UN response to these needs in relation to graduation and smooth transition.

During the morning session Prof. Nurse and the CDP Secretariat provided an overview of the graduation process, its background and future prospects and presented the graduation information platform "Gradjet", which is currently being developed by the CDP.

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