Presentation of the 2016 CDP Report to ECOSOC

Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Vice-Chair of the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), introduced the Committee's Report on its 18th Session to the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) held on 1 June 2016.

The CDP’s deliberations on LDC-related issues, including expanding productive capacity in least developed countries (LDCs), monitoring the development progress of graduating and graduated countries, and the development of a toolkit to assist graduating countries in transition to leave the LDC category were presented to Council members. The Committee’s considerations and recommendations on the issue of total official support for sustainable development (TOSSD) in context of the 2030 Agenda 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.

Statement

• Presentation by Professor Fukuda-Parr
• Webcast of the statement

Related links:

• CDP Plenary
• CDP reports