The UN’s once-every-decade Least Developed Countries meeting is happening in Qatar, starting today.

on Saturday the leader’s summit took place, ahead of the event.

There are 46 LDCs – countries with poor human development indicators and average earnings per person of about
$1,000 per year.

Over five days the UN  holds the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) Conference in Doha, bringing together world leaders with the private sector, civil society, parliamentarians, and young people to advance new ideas, raise new pledges of support, and spur delivery on agreed commitments, through the Doha Programme of Action.

At the Conference, it is expected that specific initiatives and concrete deliverables will be announced that will address LDC-specific challenges.

The Conference will feature plenary sessions, parallel high-level thematic roundtables, and a series of parallel and side events on various thematic priorities of the DPoA. A

The summit-level meeting of the LDC Group, chaired by the President of Malawi, was held on the day before the Conference.

The Fifth United Nations Conference on the LDC5 is an opportunity to accelerate sustainable development in the places where international assistance is needed the most – and to tap the full potential of the Least Developed Countries helping them make progress on the road to prosperity.

Aljazeera.