"ECONOMIC GROWTH"

A senior official at the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia said, “In just over four weeks, the number of children killed in Gaza, which is about 4,300 people, has surpassed the total number of children lost to armed conflict in 22 countries any year since 2020.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Together, with the contributions of the Belt and Road Initiative, we can turn the infrastructure emergency into an infrastructure opportunity, supercharge the implementation of the sustainable development goals, and deliver hope and progress for billions of people and the planet we share.” BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE FORUM

The world has changed and economic growth is at risk of slowing since the Hamas attack on Israel, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in Marrakech, Morocco. IMF

In Nigeria, aquaculture is proving its extraordinary potential to create business and employment opportunities, including jobs for women and young people. FAO

The World Trade Organization lowered the 2023 trade growth forecast amid global manufacturing slowdowns. WTO

Press Conference by H.E. Mr. Jalil Abbas Jilani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.

Hybrid press Conference with Alicia Bárcena, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico.

In his address to the General Assembly’s General Debate, the President of Palau Surangel Whipps said that his country advocates “for a global deep-sea mining moratorium and adhering to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea precautionary principle.” UNIFEED

Addressing the Security Council meeting on advancing public-private humanitarian partnership, Cindy H. McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, said, “Sadly, today, the humanitarian sector is one of the world’s biggest growth industries.” UNIFEED

Halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is failing to achieve gender equality, making it an “increasingly distant goal,” according to a new UN report. UNIFEED