"ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - ECLAC"

The global economy has suffered a significant slowdown amid prolonged trade disputes and wide-ranging policy uncertainties. While a slight uptick in economic activity is forecast for 2020, the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020 (WESP 2020) warns that economic risks remain strongly tilted to the downside, aggravated by deepening political polarization and increasing scepticism over the benefits of multilateralism. UNIFEED

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

Some 15,500 migrant children and young people were registered by the Mexican migration authorities in the first four months of the year, or 130 a day, according to the latest estimates from the National Migration Institute. This figure marks an increase of over 50 per cent over the same period last year. UNICEF

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

Economic and Social Council Operational activities for development segment: “Repositioning the United Nations development system to best support the 2030 Agenda: acting on our common vision”.

Economic and Social Council Operational activities for development segment: “Repositioning the United Nations development system to best support the 2030 Agenda: acting on our common vision”.

Expert Symposium on International Migration and Development (A/RES/58/208) (organized by the Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA))

ECOSOC Special meeting on “Pathways to resilience in climate-affected Small Island Developing States (SIDS): A forward-looking resilience-building agenda: Promises, results and next steps”.

Press briefing on the First Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean by Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

The Escazú Agreement, which aims to combat inequality and discrimination and to guarantee the rights of every person to a healthy environment and to sustainable development, opened for the signature of the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Vice President of Costa Rica, Epsy Campbell Barr, said the signature was “a milestone for environmental democracy” as well as a “contribution our region is making for global multilateralism.” UNIFEED