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The '''Like-Minded Group of Developing Countries''' (LMDC) is a group of developing countries who organise themselves as a block of negotiators in international organizations such as the [[United Nations]] and the [[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]], [[Belarus]], [[Bhutan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Cuba]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], [[Indonesia]], [[Iran]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], the [[Philippines]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Sudan]], [[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]], [[People's Republic of China|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 ==
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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}}
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== 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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