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The IMF is downgrading economic growth in Asia due to COVID-19 and warning that US financial tightening to combat inflation may negatively impact the region in the newly released Asia Pacific Regional Economic Outlook released Wednesday (19 Oct) in Washington, DC. IMF

At their annual meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance issued a joint statement outlining concrete actions for the future. The group is working with the UN to develop guidelines and products that align the existing finance and investment ecosystem with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Virtual Press Conference by Elliott Harris, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist, and Leila Fourie, the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Co-chair and CEO of the Johannesburg Stock, on the outcome of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance.

Upon his return from Afghanistan, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Omar Abdi told journalists in New York that the country’s children, “those least responsible” for the current crisis “are paying the highest price.” UNIFEED

The Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, said, "Preserving what has been achieved, making headway on the outstanding tasks, and overcoming the challenges of implementation will hinge to a great extent on the parties' ability to implement each and every element" of the peace agreement. UNIFEED

In his address to the second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the “door is closing for action on climate, nature and pollution,” and stressed the need to “decarbonize all means of transport, in order to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 globally.” UNIFEED

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2021 Global Tuberculosis Report showed that the COVID-19 pandemic “severely impacted our fight against tuberculosis,” with TB deaths increasing for the first time in a decade. WHO

Vitor Gaspar, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department sounded the alarm on three issues: the great vaccine divide, the great finance divide, and climate change in the Fiscal Monitor Report’s press briefing that took place Wednesday in Washington, D.C. IMF

Mixed security picture in Colombia ahead of peace agreement’s fifth anniversary, senior officials, civil society leaders tell Security Council.