Like-Minded Developing Countries

Short description: Negotiating block at UN and WTO

Party groupings.

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

1. ↑ "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

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South–South cooperation and Third Worldism

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

Worlds theory|

* First World
* Second World
* Third World
* Fourth World

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)

Finance|

* Debt
* Asian Clearing Union
* Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
* Asian Development Bank
* Arab Monetary Fund
* BancoSur
* Caribbean Development Bank
* Common Fund for Commodities

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

Public health|

* Generic drugs
* biosimilar
* Pharmaceutical patents
* criticism
* Test data exclusivity
* Doha Declaration
* World Health Organization

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

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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