LDC5- MARCH 5-9, 2023 DOHA, QATAR

The least developed countries (LDCs) are a category of countries created in 1971 by the United Nations, grouping together the least socio-economically developed countries on the planet. 46 countries belong to this category, most of which are in Africa.

The United Nations is launching this fifth Conference to help the least developed countries to progress on the path to prosperity and sustainable development.

The 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries is indeed an opportunity, once a decade, to accelerate sustainable development in the places where international aid is most needed.

For the UN, the least developed countries are engaged in a race against time to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This interval is an opportunity for a new global partnership likely to enable the 46 least developed countries advanced to benefit from social, economic and environmental development.

The least developed countries (LDCs) are a category of countries created in 1971 by the United Nations, grouping together the least socio-economically developed countries on the planet. 46 countries belong to this category, most of which are in Africa. the group of African least developed countries is made up of 34 countries: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania , Mozambique, Niger, Uganda, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, United Republic of Tanzania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Chad, Togo, and Zambia.