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The World Bank said today that remittance flows – the money that international migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries – remained resilient in 2020, declining just 1.6 percent year-over-year despite dire predictions earlier in the pandemic. WORLD BANK

Virtual Press Conference by Mr. Hamid Rashid, Lead Author and Chief, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Ms. Helena Afonso, Economic Affairs Officer, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, on the World Economic Situation and Prospects Mid-year Update.

Sixty years ago, the International Monetary Fund initiated the African Department, which was created as more and more members from the region started gaining independence and applying for membership. On Monday, the IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva was joined by the President of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara to celebrate the department’s accomplishments in the region and the road ahead. IMF

The IMF confirmed on Thursday in Washington, DC that discussions took place in recent days between IMF staff and Tunisian authorities regarding their economic reform program. IMF

In his keynote speech at a high-level climate gathering in Petersberg, Germany Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern about the “lack of progress on adaptation” and said, “the success of COP26 rests on achieving a breakthrough on adaptation and finance.” UNIFEED

Mr. Dominique Burgeon, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Mr. Arif Husain, WFP’s Chief Economist, brief the press on the launch of the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises.

(Part 2) High-level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - General Assembly, 75th session

The World Food Programme (WFP) said “unrelenting drought” in southern Madagascar is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to “the brink of famine,” according to a UN spokesperson. UNIFEED

The President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) convenes a one-day High-Level Thematic Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity under the theme “Whole-Of-Society Approaches to End the Digital Divide” in light of the importance of digital connectivity and cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and pursuant to numerous requests from Member States.

The President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) convenes a one-day High-Level Thematic Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity under the theme “Whole-Of-Society Approaches to End the Digital Divide” in light of the importance of digital connectivity and cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and pursuant to numerous requests from Member States.