The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended Kiribati for graduation in 2018. ECOSOC deferred its consideration of that recommendation to a later date.
Next step: for Kiribati to graduate, ECOSOC must endorse the CDP's recommendation.
- More information on the process here.
- More information on suggested action to prepare for graduation here.
Kiribati LDC Profile (CDP website) (includes CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, Kiribati's performance against the graduation criteria, ex ante assessments on the impacts of graduation, vulnerability profiles, country statements to the CDP)
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