Committee for Development Policy
| Comité de Políticas de Desarrollo | |
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The room of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. UN headquarters, New York City | |
| Abbreviation |
CDP CPD |
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| Legal status | Active |
| Website | www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/cdp |
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP; Spanish: Comité de Políticas de Desarrollo, CPD) is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The task of the CDP is to provide independent advice to the Council on how the international cooperation for development is carried out, how it could be improved and how it affects on the beneficiary countries. The Committee is also responsible for deciding which countries can be considered least developed countries (LDCs).[1][2]
The Committee has 24 members, selected for a three-year term which can be renewed. They are nominated by the United Nations Secretary-General.[1]
Membership
The last three-year term began in 1 January 2016. The members from that date are:[3]
- José Antonio Alonso (Spain)
- Giovanni Andrea Cornia (Italy)
- Le Dang Doanth (Vietnam)
- Diane Elson (United Kingdom)
- Marc Fleurbaey (France)
- Sakiko Fukuda-Parr (Japan)
- Ann Harrison (United States)
- Rashid Hassan (Sudan)
- Stephan Klasen (Germany)
- Keun Lee (Republic of Korea)
- Lu Aiguo (China)
- Vitalii A. Meliantsev (Russia)
- Leticia Merino (Mexico)
- Adil Najan (Pakistan)
- Leonce Ndikumana (Burundi)
- Keith Nurse (Trinidad and Tobago)
- José Antonio Ocampo (Colombia)
- Tea Petrin (Slovenia)
- Pilar Romaguera (Chile)
- Onalenna Selolwane (Botswana)
- Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (Zimbabwe)
- Zenebework Tadesse (Ethiopia)
- Dzodzi Tsikata (Ghana)
- Juree Vichit-Vadakan (Thailand)
References
- 1 2 CDP. "About CDP". United Nations. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
- ↑ Lynn, Soe Than. "Myanmar aims to leave LDC status behind by 2021". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ↑ CDP. "Membership of the Committee for Development Policy" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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