Trade and Development Board, 49th executive session

UNCTAD’s contribution to the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields.

1. Follow-up to the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries and preparations for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries: Key development challenges facing the LDCs.
   
   
2. Follow-up to the Millennium Summit and preparations for the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals: Newdevelopment paths.

• In quest of structural progress: Revisiting the performance of the LDCs (Overview)
  
  
• Getting the MDGs back on track (Overview)
  
  
• Presentations [Audio]

• Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on UNLDC IV: Key Development Challenges Facing the LDCs 18-19 Feb 2010)
  
  
• Expert Meeting of LDCs in preparation for UNLDC IV (28-30 Oct 2009)
  
  
• UN recognition of the LDCs

• ´´Near impossible´´ to achieve all Millennium Development Goals
  
  
• UN´s Millennium Development Goals Reports