"ECONOMIC RECESSION"

The General Assembly holds a high-level meeting on middle-income countries--the current socio-economic fallout from the pandemic and how it has underlined and exacerbated existing fragilities, with severe consequences for achieving the SDGs.

The General Assembly holds a high-level meeting on middle-income countries--the current socio-economic fallout from the pandemic and how it has underlined and exacerbated existing fragilities, with severe consequences for achieving the SDGs.

Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis urgently need greater support from the international community, UN humanitarians said today, ahead of a donor conference hosted by Canada next week. UNTV CH

With violence flaring across Syria, chief United Nations mediator calls for ‘new means’ of international discussion, as Security Council explores options.

Hybrid press briefing by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, along with the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, following the High-Level Meeting with Heads of State and Government on the International Debt Architecture and Liquidity - Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond Initiative.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, together with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, convene a virtual Meeting of Heads of State and Government to discuss the international debt architecture and liquidity as part of the Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond Initiative (FfDI).

General Assembly adopts resolution extending preparatory period of Angola from least developed country category.

Press conference by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on his priorities for 2021.

Virtual press conference by Elliot Harris, UN Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, and Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), on the Launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021, by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by Volkan Bozkır, President of the General Assembly on his priorities for 2021.