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Professor Jose Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on its 17th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 10 June 2015.
The CDP’s deliberations on LDC-related issues, including the triennial review of least developed countries (LDCs) category, monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries, and the further refinement of the human assets index were presented to Council members. The Committee’s considerations and recommendations on an accountability framework for the post-2015 UN development agenda and the strengthening the Istanbul Programme of Action were also presented.
CMMs are part of ECOSOC’s coordinating role and are held throughout the year. During the CMMs ECOSOC reviews and approves the latest reports from the Council’s subsidiary and expert bodies.
