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1. Note by the UNCTAD Secretariat. 31.Jan.1980. -GE.80-50377. 10 S.; 2. Note by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT on the activities of the Centre. Add.1. 25.Jan.1980. -GE.80-50304. 7 S.,Tab. §§

The General Assembly, in its resolution 63/227 of 19 December 2008, decided to convene the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries at a high level in 2011. In the course of the general debate, statements were made by 121 Member States, 13 United Nations bodies and specialized agents, and 8 intergovernmental organizations. At its closing plenary meeting, on 13 May 2011, the Conference adopted the Istanbul Declaration and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011-2020.

Global climate change is one of the main challenges of our time. Rising temperatures threaten the stability of the ecological, socio-economic, and political systems around the globe. Countries in the Global South have the greatest material losses from climate change without having a significant impact on it. The high vulnerability of the group of least developed countries (LDCs) to climate change, coupled with social and economic challenges poverty, and lack of means for adaptation, determine its special rank and status in international climate policy. In it, the LDCs act as a single actor. Over the course of more than 30 years of climate policy, LDCs have initiated the adoption of a number of important documents and the creation of fundamental structures for international climate policy. At the same time, noticeable transformations have taken place to adapt and decarbonize the national structures of LDCs. The purpose of this article is to show the role of the LDC group in the formation of the United Nations (UN) climate agenda, institutional structures, and international mechanisms, to highlight their efforts to restore global climate justice, and to characterize modern national climate policy according to the legal documents adopted by the LDCs. The methodological basis is formed by historical, comparative approaches. The main objective of the article is to study the trajectories of the climate policy of the LDC group, highlight the stages of its evolution, demonstrate centre-peripheral relations to restore climate justice, and examine the internal policies of the LDCs. Policy initiatives of the LDCs played a direct role in the formation of climate finance funds, the group of experts on the least developed countries (LEG), and national programmes and plans for the adaptation of states to climate change. The article concludes that there are two stages in the development of climate policy in LDCs; it is assumed that the use of international mechanisms for adaptation and decarbonization could become a tool for the economic and technological modernization of LDCs and their achievement of the sustainable development goals of 2030. The main obstacles to this are the insufficient financing of available funds from countries of the Global North, high interest rates on loans, and the indebtedness of LDCs.

Chap. 1: Socio-economic development in the least developed countries since 1980. - July 1985. - 121 S., getr. Pag.; Chap. 2: Review of international support measures. - July 1985. - 120 S., getr. Pag.; Chap. 3: Conclusions and recommendations. - August 1985. - 19 S.; Chap. 4: Developments in the economies of the individual least development countries since 1980. - 246 S., getr. Pag

1. The least developed countries: An expanded programme for the 1980s. Contrib. by the International Labour Office. 10.Jan.1980. -GE.80-50036. II,20 S.; 2. Add.1, 10.Jan.1980. Food and agriculture in the least developed countries in the 1980s: Problems and prospects. Contrib.by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. -GE.80-50041. V,22,4 S.,Tab. (nebst:) Corrigendum/Corr.1. 28.Jan.1980. -GE.80-50318. 1 Bl.; 3. Add.2, 10.Jan.1980. Food strategies and needs of the least developed countries. Contrib. of the World Food Council. -GE.80-50046. 3,II S.,Tab.; 4. Add.3, 10.Jan.1980. Contrib. by the Economic Commission for Western Asia. -GE.80-50051. 7 S.; 5. Add.4, 10.Jan.1980. Quantitative analysis of the problems and perspectives of the African least developed countries in the framework of the Third U.N. Development Decade. Contrib. by the Economic Commission for Africa. -GE.80-50056. 10 S.; 6. Add.5,14.Jan.1980. Contrib.by the Centre for Natural Resources, Energy and Transport of the Department of Technical Co-operation for Development of the U.N.Secretariat. -GE.80-50073. 19 S.getr.pag.,Tab.; 7. Add.6, 17.Jan.1980. Industry in the least developed countries: Recent developments prospects and proposals for international co-operative measures. Contrib. by UNIDO. -GE.80-50197. 17 S.,Tab.; 8. Add.7, 19.Febr.1980. Substantial new programme of action for the 1980s for the least developed countries: Contributions by United Nations Bodies and specialized agencies. Geneva, 4.Febr.1980. -GE.80-50834. 13 S.,Tab

The Growth, Employment and Decent Work in the Least Developed Countries report has been prepared for the Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC's) (Istanbul, 9-13 May 2011). It reviews trends in growth, employment and decent work in LDC's, highlighting challenges and opportunities for structural transformation, job creation and poverty eradication and offers a portfolio of policy options for job creation and poverty reduction to be tailored to country needs and circumstances.

Add. 2(A): Financial and technical assistance measures. - 17 July 1985. - 34 S., 10 Tab. - (TD/B/AC.17/25/Add.2(A)) ; (GE.85-52495); Add. 2(B): Debt problems of the least developed countries. - 2 July 1985. - 14 S., 6 Tab. - (TD/B/AC.17/25/Add.2(B)) ; (GE.85-52537); Add. 2(C): Capital requirement for the development of the least developed countries in the second half of the 1980s. - 31 July 1985. - (TD/B/AC.17/25/Add.2(C)) ; (GE.85-56932); Add. 2(D): Commercial policy measures. - 12 July 1985. - (TD/B/AC.17/25/Add.2(D)) ; (GE.85-52485); Add. 2(E): Special measures in favour of least developed countries in economic co-operation among developing countries. - 19 July 1985. - (TD/B/AC.17/25/Add.2(E)) ; (GE.85-52533); Add. 2(F): Trade and economic co-operation between the least developed countries and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe. - 5 July 1985. - (TD/B/AC.17/25/Add.2(F)) ; (GE.85-52492); Add. 2(G): Transfer and development of technology. - 5 July 1985. - (TD/B/AC.17/25/Add.2(G)) ; (GE.85-52422)

This book evaluates the policies of least developed countries (LDCs) and the decisions that they now face against the backdrop of the changes in the structure of the global economy and in the globalization process itself. It analyses possible scenarios and alternative trade and growth policies that are likely to affect the LDCs and their poor population, in order to draw lessons for future policies. The book has 6 chapters and a subject index.