"ECONOMIC COOPERATION"

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

In advance of the 2023 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) under the auspices of ECOSOC and the SDG Summit, the joint ECOSOC-PBC meeting offers an opportunity for Member States to discuss the importance of the SDGs in linking peace and development on the ground.

The 21st session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation opened on Tuesday to discuss issues like recovery from the pandemic, climate change and ongoing conflicts. UNIFEED

The UN Security Council condemned on Thursday a Taliban administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations and called on Taliban leaders to "swiftly reverse" a crackdown on the rights of women and girls. UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said, “Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been.” UNIFEED

World leaders announced over US$826 million to Education Cannot Wait and the global challenge to support the education of 222 million girls and boys living in crises. ECW

Pledges from 18 countries and the private sector topped $826 million on the first day of a High-Level Financing Conference in Geneva today (16 Feb) where world leaders came together to seek funding for education for children caught up in emergencies and protracted crises. UNTV CH

General Assembly adopts 11 draft resolutions, promoting United Nations cooperation with several regional, international organizations.

Ahead of traveling to Sharm el Sheikh for the COP27 climate summit, World Bank Group President David Malpass visited the Komati coal-fired plant in South Africa, which is being decommissioned and repurposed. WORLD BANK