Progress on greater market access for the least developed countries has been disappointing so far.
The outcome of the Conference was embodied in the Paris Declaration and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries.
They provide the least developed countries with the tools for enhancing the quality of scientific research in keeping with rapid scientific advances.
The issue of how money from this "top tier" of countries can make its way to the least developed countries is a fraught one.
By providing young people with the capabilities for critical thinking, secondary education can help improve overall standards of living, especially in the least developed countries.
Donor countries should increase the volume of aid flows going to water and sanitation programs and target it to the least developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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The Centre will provide advanced training and research for scientists from Central and Eastern European countries, and will also reach out to scientists from the least developed countries in Africa.
There are a heck of a lot of them - the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis) and the Least Developed Countries bloc (LDCs) have more than 70 members combined.
Of the eight member countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives come under the Least Developed Countries bloc while India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are in the Developing Country group.
That is too late for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis), who both say talks must begin in January and conclude at the end of next year.
This Fund is aimed at enhancing South-South cooperation for capacity building in education and science for the benefit of the Least Developed Countries, Small Island States and in support of the Priority Africa agenda.
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However, the cost of adaptation is already considered to represent between 5 and 10 per cent of the GDP of affected countries, which is a significant sum, especially for the economies of the least developed countries.
The allocation under this fund is utilized to enhance South-South cooperation for capacity building in education and science for the benefit of the Least Developed Countries, Small Island States and in support of the Priority Africa agenda.
At that Conference, the international community unanimously adopted the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries, containing guidelines for domestic action by the LDCs, which were to be complemented by international support measures.
But it is still going to require more work and more confidence-building and greater trust between emerging countries, the least developed countries, and the developed countries before I think you are going to see another legally binding treaty signed.
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Speaking during the interactive discussion were the representatives of Spain (on behalf of the European Union), Nauru (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Equatorial Guinea (on behalf of the African Group), Canada (also on behalf of Australia and New Zealand), Nepal (on behalf of the least developed countries), Bolivia, Australia, Colombia, Russian Federation and Venezuela.
The least-developed countries are projected to experience an increase in population from 800m in 2007 to 1.7 billion by 2050, and possibly much higher.
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Nor are they all targeted at the poor: many of the world's poorest people live neither in the 50 least developed countries nor in Europe's ex-colonies.
For 78 poor countries, the report measures human poverty in terms of deprivations deprivations of life (nearly a third of the people in the least-developed countries are not expected to survive to 40), of basic education (particularly of girls), of access to public and private resources, including safe water.
The Republic of the Gambia is one of the least developed and poorest countries in Africa, with an economy that is heavily dependent on agriculture and the processing of agricultural products.
Number three, we must have financing that helps developing countries adapt, particularly the least developed and most vulnerable countries to climate change.
Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America.
Formulate project proposals and mobilise extra-budgetary resources to support operational projects for the benefit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), with emphasis on multidisciplinary and science policy projects.
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The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms that least developed countries committed to the process of democratization and economic reforms, many of which are in Africa, should be supported by the international community in order to succeed in their transition to democracy and economic development.
To respond to the challenges posed by their situation, the United Nations held the first Conference on Least Developed Countries in Paris in 1981.
However, given the proliferation of computers, at least in developed Western countries, the researchers speculated that it would be challenging for other studies to produce similar results.
When I spoke with Wolfensohn in January, he identified the alleviation of poverty as the most pressing concern not only for the Least Developing Countries, but also for the developed world.
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All of them, with the exception of Nauru, were classified as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and all of them faced significant challenges in raising the effectiveness of their education workforce.
The International Fund for Cultural Diversity is a multi-donor Fund established in 2009 under Article 18 of the 2005 Convention for a pilot phase of 36-months, , with the purpose to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing and least-developed countries that are Parties to the Convention.
This conference provides an opportunity to lay a firm foundation for solid growth and progress for Least Developed Countries over the next 10 years.
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