Short description: Negotiating block at UN and WTO
The Like Minded-Group of Developing Countries (LMDC) is a group of developing countries who organise themselves as a block negotiators in international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, they represent more than 50% of the world's
population.
According to a statement by the Chinese diplomat Sha Zukang in 2005, the member countries of the Like Minded Group are Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus , Bhutan, China, Cuba, Egypt, India , Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan , the Philippines , Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.[1]
However, following the LMDC countries who negotiate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change fora, the members are Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, India , Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mali, Nicaragua, Pakistan , Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Vietnam.
Members
Algeria
Bangladesh
Bolivia
China
Cuba
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mali
Nicaragua
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Venezuela
Vietnam
References
- ↑ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China". http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t223170.htm.
External links
- Written submission on Elements of the 2015 Agreed Outcome of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- LMDC Opening Plenary Statement in the ADP 2.1 of the UNFCCC
- Written statement submitted by South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre
- Written statement submitted by South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre
- Statement by H.E. Ambassador SHA Zukang, on behalf of the Like Minded Group, at the Meeting between the President of the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights
- India hosts meeting of LMDC countries
South–South cooperation and Third Worldism |
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| Global South | | Development |
- Landlocked developing countries
- Least Developed Countries
- Heavily indebted poor countries
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| Markets |
- Emerging markets
- Newly industrialized country
- Transition economy
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| Worlds theory |
- First World
- Second World
- Third World
- Fourth World
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| Geopolitics |
- Decolonization
- Cold War
- Neocolonialism
- Multipolarity
- World Conference against Racism
- Durban I
- Durban II
- Durban III
- Globalization
| | BRICS |
- Brazil–Russia–India–China–South Africa (BRICS)
BASIC (BRICS less Russia)
- BRIC (BRICS less South Africa)
- India–Brazil–South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA)
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| Finance |
- Debt
- Asian Clearing Union
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Asian Development Bank
- Arab Monetary Fund
- BancoSur
- Caribbean Development Bank
- Common Fund for Commodities
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Trade and development |
- Developmental state
- Flying geese paradigm
- Infrastructure-based development
- Sustainable development
- Global System of Trade Preferences
- Protocol on Trade Negotiations
- New International Economic Order
- New World Information and Communication Order
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- United Nations Development Programme
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
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| Public health |
- Generic drugs
- Pharmaceutical patents
- Test data exclusivity
- Doha Declaration
- World Health Organization
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Organizations and groups |
- G-77
- G-15
- D-8
- G20 developing nations (G-20)
- G-24
- G33 developing countries (G-33)
- G-11
- G-90
- Non-Aligned Movement
- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group
- African Union
- Afro–Asian Conference
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Colombo Plan
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
- International Solar Alliance
- Melanesian Spearhead Group
- North–South Summit
- Polynesian Leaders Group
- South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- Small Island Developing States
- South Centre
- Third World Network
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North–South divide |
- Brandt Report
- Global financial system
- International Monetary Fund
- World Bank
- World Trade Organization
- Fair trade
- Financial regulation
- Global digital divide
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