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Also calls for addressing "increasingly unsustainable debt burden" of many LDCs.

World leaders are gathered in Doha, Qatar, for a major UN conference seeking to accelerate sustainable development where international assistance is most needed to unlock the full potential of the world’s most vulnerable countries and help put them on the path towards prosperity. Three years after the world began its epic struggle against COVID-19, the least […]

In his address at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Doha on Monday, he however added that meeting its ambitious target, will require revitalize global partnerships based on effective means of implementation in the priority areas.

Amir opens Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries

DPoA targets 15 more LDCs to meet graduation criteria: UN official

Read more about ‘The time has come to do justice for the least developed countries,’ says UN chief Guterres on Devdiscourse

If all 46 countries categorised as “Least Developed” by the UN achieve annual GDP growth of at least 7%, their combined GDP could almost double – between 2022 and 2031 – going from USD $1.1 trillion to more than USD $2.25 trillion.

Qatar gives QR1.3bn in aid to least developed countries within 3 years

It is a race against time to form a global partnership to secure a better future for the world’s poorest nations in line with the UN’s 2030 SDGs.