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Presenting the Secretary-General’s policy brief on Brief on the international financial architecture, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Navid Hanif said “the current international financial system is not delivering the long term stable and affordable financing required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and combat, climate change.” UNIFEED

Somalia’s economic potential has been under the spotlight for the past two days at a gathering of Somali government, international partners, local entrepreneurs and foreign firms, with a goal of highlighting opportunities for business with international companies. UNSOM

General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said it was time “to get serious about debt relief in Middle-income countries, which host the majority of the extreme poor in the world,’ and called for the international community “to go beyond GDP as the primary measure of development.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Khartoum is in turmoil; Darfur is burning once again,” reiterating that the fighting in Sudan “needs to stop — and to stop now.” UNEP / UNIC NAIROBI

The International Monetary and Financial Committee has opened its plenary session at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC today. IMF

Global debt levels are rising faster than predicted, with the bulk of future boosts coming from China and the US the IMF said today. IMF

The International Monetary Fund is in full preparations for hosting thousands of delegates and media at the 2023 Spring Meetings in Washington, DC. IMF

Briefing reporters today on Haiti’s current food security crisis, World Food Programme's Country Director, Jean-Martin Bauer, wondered “how bad things need to get in order for actions to happen?” UNIFEED

Nearly half of Haiti’s population – 4.9 million people - are struggling to feed themselves while 1.8 million people are facing famine-like conditions and in need of urgent assistance, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. UNTV CH

“At Starbucks, we are committed to conserve and replenish water across our business by 50 percent by 2030,” Starbucks Sustainability chief told the UN 2023 Water Conference plenary meeting. UNIFEED