131. The representative of Nigeria thanked the US delegation and noted its request for more time to consider the proposal. The issue of LDC priority needs for technical and financial cooperation was being discussed in the Council and elsewhere, and it would be in the interest of all the LDCs, and especially the African Group which had 33 LDC members, if that factual information could be prepared by the Secretariat. It would also serve to give the Council a perspective on how to move forward.
