Introduction of the 2015 CDP report at the High-level Segment of ECOSOC

On 7 July 2015 Professor Jose Antonia Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's findings on "Expanding productive capacity of least developed countries (LDCs) for achieving the sustainable developement goals" as part of the CDPs report on its 17th session at the High-Level Segment of the 2015 ECOSOC session.

The 2015 High-level segment of ECOSOC was held from 6 to 10 July 2015, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and addressed the Council’s overall annual theme “Strengthening integration, implementation and review – the HLPF after 2015”. It brought together high-level representatives of UN Member States, civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, and the UN system.