"ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"

Philip Joseph Pierre, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Development and Youth Economy of Saint Lucia, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said, “Taiwan has been an inalienable part of China's territory since ancient times. No one, no force should ever underestimate the firm resolve, strong will and the power of the Chinese people to safeguard their sovereignty and territorial integrity.” UNIFEED

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “the one framework that no one argues but everyone can see themselves in,” are “good for people, good for the planet that we live on.” UNIFEED

Press Conference by António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) ahead of the G20 summit (New Delhi, India) at the UN House.

UN Secretary-General will brief reporters at the Security Council stakeout to preview his upcoming travels. 

The cost of inaction in addressing South Sudan’s complex food, climate, and insecurity crises will be felt in the loss of lives, livelihoods and futures for millions of people across the young nation, the heads of three United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, as they wrapped up a three-day visit to the country. FAO / IFAD / WFP

The Management Segment of ECOSOC will take place on 25-26 July 2023. The programme of the Management Segment meetings is structured around action that ECOSOC is expected to take on economic, social, environmental, health and related matters, including by recommendation of its subsidiary and related bodies.

Somalia-Somaliland dialogue, the conflict in Laascaanood, economic development and human rights were among the topics covered in a top United Nations official’s recent visit to Hargeisa – in addition to local progress and development. UNSOM

The Impact of the COVID Pandemic, Plus Worldwide Crises Must Be Overcome to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals, Speakers Stress, as High-Level Political Forum Opens

H.E. Ms. Lachezara Stoeva, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will brief the press on the upcoming High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, to be held on 10 – 19 July 2023.