Ambassador Kadra Ahmed Hassan of Djibouti, Coordinator of the LDC Group, said: “LDC graduation has been a key priority for the WTO LDC Group. This decision provides countries with greater predictability and confidence for graduation and further integration into the multilateral trading system. Does.
There are currently 46 LDCs, of which 16 are in various stages of the graduation process. Of these, ten are WTO members (Angola, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Djibouti, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Senegal, Solomon Islands and Zambia) and four are negotiating their terms of entry into the WTO (Bhutan, Comoros, Sao Tome). Have been. and Principe, and Timor-Leste).
The other two LDCs on the graduation track are Kiribati and Tuvalu. The Doha Program of Action for LDCs calls for 15 more LDCs to meet graduation criteria by the end of the decade.