"2030 AGENDA"

The General Assembly holds a high-level meeting on middle-income countries--the current socio-economic fallout from the pandemic and how it has underlined and exacerbated existing fragilities, with severe consequences for achieving the SDGs.

The General Assembly holds a high-level meeting on middle-income countries--the current socio-economic fallout from the pandemic and how it has underlined and exacerbated existing fragilities, with severe consequences for achieving the SDGs.

“We need a more efficient and predictable, multilateral trading system that can withstand future economic shocks,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the meeting of the General Assembly on the middle income countries and called for a new debt mechanism that can provide “a menu of options, including debt swaps, buy-backs and cancellations.” UNIFEED

Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic, the UN’s top official for disaster reduction said on Thursday, in a call for concerted action and new transboundary alliances to tackle the growing global threat. UNTV CH

At the launch of the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, the President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir said the COVID-19 pandemic has forced more children into labour and stressed that the world “must ensure that this generation is not lost.” UNIFEED

Day 3 of the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV/AIDS to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress on the commitments made in the 2016 Political Declaration towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, and how the response, in its social, economic and political dimensions, continues to contribute to progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the global health goal.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in co-operation with the Italian Presidency of the G20, opened Rome's first garden dedicated to the concept of sustainable development. The "G20 Green Garden" is being billed as a space where recreation and the embrace of nature meet education on themes of global import. FAO

Day 2 of the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV/AIDS to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress on the commitments made in the 2016 Political Declaration towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030, and how the response, in its social, economic and political dimensions, continues to contribute to progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the global health goal.

Opening special session on corruption, General Assembly adopts political declaration with road maps to help countries tackle bribery, money-laundering, abuse of power.

Opening special session on corruption, General Assembly adopts political declaration with road maps to help countries tackle bribery, money-laundering, abuse of power.