Report of the conference : first meeting of the conference of ministers of African least developed countries

Abstract

The first meeting of the conference of ministers of African least developed countries (LDCs) was held in Addis Ababa from 27-30 July 1981. it was opened by Comrade Fisseha Desta on the representation of some state members of the United Nations which are not LDCs the conference decided that only African LDCs should participate in order to ensure that African LDCs have ample opportunities to discuss their common problems. Since the conference of ministers of LDCs is a subsidiary organ of the ECA conference of ministers other state members of the commission will have the opportunity to consider the reports of the conference at the commission level. However, it was agreed that Kenya should be allowed to participate at the first conferences as an observer in view of the decision of the OAU summit its current chairman should attend and address the Paris conference.