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{{short description|Negotiating block at UN and WTO}}
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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 {{wipe|United Nations}} and the [[Organization:World Trade Organization|World Trade Organization]], they represent more than 50% of the world's
population.

According to a statement by the Chinese diplomat Sha Zukang in 2005, the member countries of the Like Minded Group are Algeria, Bangladesh, {{wipe|Belarus}}, Bhutan, China, Cuba, [[Place:Egypt|Egypt]], {{wipe|India}}, Indonesia, [[Religion:Iran|Iran]], Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, {{wipe|Pakistan}}, the {{wipe|Philippines}}, Sri Lanka, Sudan, [[Place:Syria|Syria]], Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t223170.htm|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|website=www.fmprc.gov.cn|access-date=2007-07-05|archive-date=2007-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013332/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t223170.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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, [[Place:Egypt|Egypt]], El Salvador, {{wipe|India}}, Indonesia, [[Religion:Iran|Iran]], Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mali, Nicaragua, {{wipe|Pakistan}}, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, [[Place:Syria|Syria]], Venezuela and Vietnam.

== Members ==
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*{{flag|Algeria}}
*{{flag|Bangladesh}}
*{{flag|Bolivia}}
*{{flag|China}}
*{{flag|Cuba}}
*{{flag|Ecuador}}
*{{flag|Egypt}}
*{{flag|El Salvador}}
*{{flag|India}}
*{{flag|Indonesia}}
*{{flag|Iran}}
*{{flag|Iraq}}
*{{flag|Jordan}}
*{{flag|Kuwait}}
*{{flag|Malaysia}}
*{{flag|Mali}}
*{{flag|Nicaragua}}
*{{flag|Pakistan}}
*{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
*{{flag|Sudan}}
*{{flag|Syrian Arab Republic}}
*{{flag|Venezuela}}
*{{flag|Vietnam}}
{{div col end}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://unfccc.int/files/documentation/submissions_from_parties/adp/application/pdf/adp_lmdc_ws1_20140309.pdf Written submission on Elements of the 2015 Agreed Outcome of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)]
* [https://unfccc.int/files/bodies/awg/application/pdf/adp2_lmdc_29042013.pdf LMDC Opening Plenary Statement in the ADP 2.1 of the UNFCCC]
* [http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.NGO.161.En?Opendocument Written statement submitted by South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929170911/http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.NGO.161.En?Opendocument |date=2007-09-29 }}
* [http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.NGO.161.En?Opendocument Written statement submitted by South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929170911/http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.NGO.161.En?Opendocument |date=2007-09-29 }}
* [http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t223170.htm Statement by H.E. Ambassador SHA Zukang, on behalf of the Like Minded Group, at the Meeting between the President of the General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930013332/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zwjg/zwbd/t223170.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}
* [https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/india-to-host-key-meetings-ahead-of-poland-climate-talks/article25396484.ece India hosts meeting of LMDC countries]

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