The Director of the Earth Institute, Jeffrey Sachs, tells a meeting on sustainable development and climate change that 21 years after the signing of the of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, "we haven't even begun to change direction." He added that in the United States, "politics has found a way" to keep the [...]
United Kingdom's Prime Minister David Cameron, one of the Co-Chairs of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, briefs journalists on the steps to take after the U.N. Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015. UNTV
Jerry Velasquez, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) for in Asia-Pacific Regional says that the good news is that less people are dying, but he warns that "the bad news is economic losses are going through the roof”. UNISDR / LINX PRODUCTIONS
Somalia has seen major changes in recent years as large parts of the country, including the capital Mogadishu, and other major cities were liberated from the once-feared al-Shabaab extremist group by Somalia's security forces, who are supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). AU-UN/IST
The International Monetary Fund says that growth in Latin America and the Caribbeanis set to pick up from 3 percent in 2012 to 3 and a half percent in 2013, supported by stronger external demand, favorable financing conditions, and the effects of earlier policy easing in some countries. IMF
After a year of subdued economic performance, growth in Asia is set to pick up this year driven largely by continued robust domestic demand, says the IMF in its latest Regional Economic Outlook, which predicts growth will reach about 5¾ percent. IMF
At a special event on partnerships for innovative solutions to sustainable development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon proposed the creation a new UN partnership facility, while Mo Ibrahim, chair of an African foundation that bears his name, called for greater attention to paid to Africa. UNTV
John Wilmoth, the Director of the Population Division at the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs, along with Graeme Hugo, the Director of the Australian Population and Migration Research Centre at the University of Adelaide brief journalists on global migration trends. UNTV
The IMF says that the global economy has avoided some major tail risks and financial market conditions continue to improve. IMF
The IMF says that while Asia is leading the three-speed global recovery with growth picking up to 5 and three quarters percent in 2014, the Middle East is struggling as slowing oil production and political transitions in some oil-importing countries are taking a bite out of the region's growth. IMF