Like-Minded Developing Countries

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.

Party groupings.

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

References

"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China". www.fmprc.gov.cn.

External links

South–South cooperation and Third Worldism

Development	Landlocked developing countries Least developed countries Heavily indebted poor countries
Markets	Emerging markets Newly industrialized country Transition economy
Worlds theory	First World Second World Third World Fourth World

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

Trade and
development

Organizations
and groups

North–South
divide

UNFCCC negotiating groups of parties

Non-Annex, "Global South"

G77 & China	LMDCs Arab Group AILAC ALBA

Annex, "Global North"

Temporary groupings

High Ambition Coalition (COP21)

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