SOUTH UNITES FOR LDCs, Sanjay Suri reports for IPS from LDC-IV in Istanbul

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May 13 2011 (IPS) - Within the broad failure of the weeklong Fourth U.N. Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) in Istanbul that concluded Friday, many delegates are taking heart in a strengthening South-South front that has emerged. “We would like to push for greater South-South cooperation because in our opinion it’s one way for LDCs to have more political autonomy to design their own policies and formulate their own priorities, and to implement policies that are in the best interests of their citizens.”

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