"DEBT"

Briefing by the Secretary-General on the progress in the implementation of recommendations contained in the report on "Our Common Agenda".

Ten years since Jordan’s Za’atari camp opened its doors to 80,000 displaced Syrians, poverty now affects an increasing number of residents who face an uncertain future, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. UNTV CH

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joined the Heads of Agency Aid for Trade focus to examine how the multiple crises facing the world are impinging on trade and development prospects of developing economies. IMF

The outlook for global growth has grown “gloomy and more uncertain,” the IMF’s chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas warned in Washington, DC. IMF

The IMF announced on Tuesday that a 3.2 precent revised downward forecast to global growth in 2022 and 2.9 percent in 2023. IMF

The IMF said in a press briefing that a third of emerging markets and developing economies are in debt distress and decisive action is needed now. IMF

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “our world is in deep trouble – and so too are the Sustainable Development Goals.” UNIFEED

With emissions set to rise 14 per cent by 2030, Secretary-General calls for urgent climate action now, in Economic and Social Council address.

General Assembly fails to decide between North Macedonia, Russian Federation sitting on Economic and Social Council.

Launching the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022, the Under-Secretary-General and head of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs said that “the world is facing a confluence of crises” that “are threatening the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the very survival of humanity.” UNIFEED