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

Informal comments to the media by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, on the first grain shipment from Ukraine.

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

Opening Economic and Social Council 2023 session, new president says solid policy guidance to address COVID-19, humanitarian challenges among top priorities.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet held a press conference at the end of her official mission to Peru and said, “Peru’s indigenous peoples and human rights defenders are on the frontline when it comes to the impact of climate change and other threats, such as illegal mining, illegal logging, and drug trafficking, especially in the Amazon region.” OHCHR

The President of the General Assembly and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) jointly convene a Special High-Level Dialogue entitled “The Africa We Want: Reconfirming the Development of Africa as a Priority of the United Nations System”.

With temperatures expected to remain above normal until the middle of next week, the World Metrological Organization (WMO) warned that heatwaves are and will occur more and more frequently. The pattern is linked to the observed warming of the planet that can be attributed to human activity, raising serious concerns for the planet’s future. UNTV CH

Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said at a special meeting to address the global food crisis.