The current list of LDCs includes 49 countries (the newest member being South Sudan); 34 in Africa, 14 in Asia and the Pacific and 1 in Latin America. For LDC country profiles, click here.
With a view to exactly tackle that emergency and to reinvigorate the pledge in support of LDCs’ development and transformation, the international community met in Istanbul, Turkey, for the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV). LDC-VI, which took place from 9 to 13 May 2011, provided a major opportunity to deepen the global partnership in support of LDCs and set the framework for development cooperation for the next decade. The UN-OHRLLS is the coordinator of the LDC-IV process, including follow-up activities.