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The mdgs and the latest developed countries: the challenges for landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.

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When world leaders vowed at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000 to "spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty", they recognized that special measures would be required for the weakest members of the international community to achieve this goal.

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Thus the eighth Millennium Development Goal (MDG)--develop a global partnership for development--gave consideration to the special needs of least developed countries (LDCs). It called for tariff-free and quota-free access for their exports, enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries, cancellation of official bilateral debt and more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction. It also addressed the special needs of landlocked developing countries and the small island developing States. Together, these countries constitute nearly half the membership of the United Nations. Meeting the targets of the MDGs at the global level, therefore, requires progress in these countries.

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