The Government of Nepal and the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS) are convening this meeting in Kathmandu to promote the graduation of countries from Least Developed Country (LDC) status. The meeting will discuss mainstreaming graduation aims into development cooperation strategies, and linking these to the post-2015 development framework and the mid-term review of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) adopted at the Fourth UN Conference on LDCs in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2011. The meeting documentation includes country profiles of Asia-Pacific LDCs: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Yemen.
dates: 16-18 December 2014
venue: Crown Plaza Kathmandu – Soaltee, Tahachal, Kathmandu
location: Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal
contact: Rita Ruohonen, UNOHRLLS
phone: +1 212 963 1804
e-mail: ruohonen@un.org
www: http://unohrlls.org/kathmandu-ministerial-meeting-december-2014/
http://unohrlls.org/custom-content/uploads/2014/12/Nepal-LDC-Ministerial-December-2014_02.12.14.pdf