"INTERNATIONAL TRADE"

According to the World Trade Organization, world trade is expected to lose momentum in the second half of 2022 and remain subdued in 2023 as multiple shocks weigh on the global economy. WTO

African countries are urged to diversify their exports to better survive economic shocks such as the current global crises which are the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This is one of the key findings of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2022 published today by the UN’s leading institution dealing with trade and development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. UNTV CH

General Assembly approves $6.45 billion budget for 11 United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Global fisheries and aquaculture production is at a record high and the sector will play an increasingly important role in providing food and nutrition in the future, according to a new report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO

As Ukraine war reaches 100th day, UN continues to try to unblock food and fertilizer exports. UNTV CH

Briefing by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, on food security.

The General Assembly commemorates the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres presents the first detailed policy brief issued by the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance (GRCG) he set up to study the effects of the war in Ukraine on the world's most vulnerable, with Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and Rebeca Grynspan of UNCTAD.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, said that the world is “facing a perfect storm that threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries.” UNIFEED

(Continued) The first part of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) resumes its consideration of the draft Doha Programme of Action for LDCs.