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Hybrid press briefing by Chair of the African Group, H.E. Dr. Chola Milambo. 

General Assembly: 33rd plenary meeting, 78th session.

Sovereign debt is rising and on a path to exceed 100 percent of global GDP in the near future, the head of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department warned in Marrakech, Morocco. IMF

The head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, said that long-awaited reforms in the banking and finance sectors are now underway, adding that the Iraqi parliament adopted the Federal Budget Law, which represents the highest proportionate allocation to the delivery of social services yet. UNIFEED

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

General Assembly: 16th plenary meeting, 78th session.

World leaders approved a new Political Declaration on “Universal Health Coverage (UHC): expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world”. UNIFEED

At the closing of the UN SDG Summit, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Now is the time to lift the declaration’s words off the page, and invest in development at scale like never before.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the High-level week of the General Assembly, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro Urrego, asked the United Nations to hold two peace conferences, one on Ukraine and one on Palestine. UNIFEED

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated, “The UN's broadest and most ambitious collective action aimed at development – the 2030 Agenda – could become its biggest failure.” UNIFEED