"ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - ECOSOC"

Addressing a Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods Institutions, WTO and UNCTAD, the President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, said there was “no time to lose” to live up to the commitments established in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by “combatting poverty and inequality.” UNIFEED

World ‘Not Keeping Pace’ in implementing Sustainable Development Goals, Secretary-General stresses, as development financing forum begins at 1st and 2nd meetings.

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

President stresses central role of decent work in fighting poverty, inequality, as General Assembly marks International Labour Organization centenary at 74th plenary meeting.

Closing remarks by António Guterres, UN Secretary-General at the 2019 ECOSOC Youth Forum - Youth: Empowered, Included and Equal #YOUTH2030 (3rd plenary session and Closing session).

Addressing the 8th annual ECOSOC Youth Forum at United Nations Headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, governments, civil society and international partners must scale up their investment in young people, ensuring that they are educated, empowered employed.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Economic and Social Council: 8th plenary meeting - ECOSOC Special Meeting on "Response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe"

Commission on Population and Development: Fifty-second substantive session