"DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA"

The war in Ukraine has upended the fragile economic recovery from the pandemic, triggering a devastating humanitarian crisis in Europe, increasing food and commodity prices and globally exacerbating inflationary pressures, according to the latest United Nations forecast. UNIFEED

Press Conference by Shantanu Mukherjee (Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)) and Hamid Rashid (Lead Author Chief, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, DESA) on the World Economic Situation and Prospects Report.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Speaking at the launch of the 2022 edition of the Financing for Sustainable Development Report, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “without immediate policy action the window for delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will close. Yet, instead of action, once again we are seeing the countries the least responsible for a crisis paying the highest price.” UNIFEED

Launching the World Economic and Social Prospects 20122 (WESP 2022) the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Liu Zhenmin, said full global recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic “is still a long way off.” UNIFEED

Press conference by Under-Secretary-General Liu Zhenmin and Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring at DESA, on the Launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospect Report 2022.

At their annual meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance issued a joint statement outlining concrete actions for the future. The group is working with the UN to develop guidelines and products that align the existing finance and investment ecosystem with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNIFEED

Press conference by Mr. Elliot Harris, UN Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, along with Mr. Nazrul Islam, Officer-in-Charge, Development Research Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA and Lead Author of the World Social Report 2021; on the World Social Report 2021: Reconsidering Rural Development.

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as the current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either the socioeconomic or the environmental Goals of this Agenda, according to a new UN report issued on Thursday. UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.