"FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE"

According to a new UN report, world output growth is projected to decelerate from an estimated 3 percent in 2022 to 1.9 percent in 2023, marking one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades. UNIFEED

The IMF Executive Board completed the Fourth reviews of the Extended Fund Facility and Extended Credit Facility arrangements with Kenya, providing the country with access to about (USD) 447.9 million. IMF

Voicing full solidarity with people, government of Pakistan, General Assembly adopts resolution urging scaled-up assistance to help country rebuild from massive floods.

During his week-long visit to the Central African Republic (CAR), the Special Coordinator on Improving the UN’s Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Christian Saunders said, "there is no place for sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations, and if you commit sexual exploitation and abuse, you will be punished.” MINUSCA

Marking his first visit to Chișinău on the 30th anniversary of Moldova’s membership to the UN, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres thanked Moldova, the “small country with a big heart” for opening its doors to almost half a million Ukrainian refugees, by far the most of any country as proportion of its own population. UNIFEED

Within three weeks, arrivals to Poland of refugees from Ukraine crossed the two-million mark. The UN Refugee Agency is working with partners to provide them with financial assistance. UNHCR

Declaring that the world must deliver sustained support to the people of Afghanistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed for robust assistance to address the country’s humanitarian needs and those of Afghan refugees abroad. UNHCR

Laying out his priorities for 2022, Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly that “we face a five-alarm global fire that requires the full mobilization of all countries,” referring to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, a morally bankrupt global financial system, the climate crisis, lawlessness in cyberspace, and diminished peace and security. UNIFEED

A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country, El-Ghassim Wane, told the Security Council that “every effort” should be made to resolve current challenges linked to the transition process, as “a protracted impasse will make it much harder to find a consensual way out.” UNIFEED

With support, refugees in Cote d’Ivoire are starting to rebuild businesses affected by the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. UNHCR