Documents/action during the 2021 session of ECOSOC

CDP input to the 2021 HLPF

23rd session (22 - 26 February 2021). Topics for discussion include: (i) Contribution of the Committee for Development Policy to the theme of the Economic and Social Council; (ii) Triennial Review of the Least Developed Country Category; (iii) Monitoring of graduating and graduated countries; (iv) Improvements in graduation process and monitoring; (v) Voluntary national reviews; (vi) Contributions of the Committee for Development Policy to the new programme of action for least developed countries. 

Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its twenty-third session [E/2021/33]

Related resolution adopted by the Council at the 2021 Management Segment [E/2021/L.18 and E/2021/SR.8]  18(a)  8 June 2021

E/RES/2021/11: Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its twenty-third session

Further decisions/recommendations adopted by the CDP on its 23rd session [E/2021/33, chap. I]: 

Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development: building an inclusive and effective path for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the context of the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development (sect. A)

Public health response (sect. A)

Finance and debt relief (sect. A)

Climate change (sect. A)

Social protection, including labour rights and education (sect. A)

Impact of COVID-19 on the least developed country category (sect. A)

Voluntary national reviews (sect. A)

Triennial review of the list of least developed countries (sect. A and B)

Monitoring of countries that are graduating and have graduated from the list of least developed countries (sect. B)

Graduation process improvements (sect. B)

Contributions to the preparatory process of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (sect. B)

Further resources:

CDP website