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UNCTAD played a leading role in organizing the three United Nations Conferences on the Least Developed Countries (Paris, 1981 and 1990; Brussels, 2001).
UNCTAD's Special Programme for Least Developed, Landlocked and Island Developing Countries promotes the socioeconomic development of these countries through research, policy analysis and technical assistance, particularly capacity-building. It is guided by the objectives of the Programme of Action for the LDCs for the period 2001-2010 and by other intergovernmental decisions such as those of the General Assembly concerning these countries.
The Special Programme is striving to be a centre of excellence on development issues pertaining to the groups of countries under its mandate and to serve as the main source of statistical information on the LDCs.
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