"MULTILATERALISM"

Presenting the Secretary-General’s policy brief on Brief on the international financial architecture, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Navid Hanif said “the current international financial system is not delivering the long term stable and affordable financing required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and combat, climate change.” UNIFEED

The United Nations held on Friday a pledging conference for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as an opportunity for Member States to match their political commitment with sufficient and predictable financial contributions. UNIFEED

Member States today elected Ambassador Dennis Francis from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago as the President of the 78th session of the General Assembly. UNIFEED

United Nations officials in New York and in Yemen gave details on the arrival of a support ship to start the process of transferring out the oil from the FSO Safer super tanker, moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, to another vessel. UNIFEED

The 21st session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation opened on Tuesday to discuss issues like recovery from the pandemic, climate change and ongoing conflicts. UNIFEED

On International Day of UN Peacekeepers, Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said United Nations peacekeepers, despite challenges, “preserve ceasefires from collapse” and “protect every single day hundreds of thousands of civilians.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

General Assembly: 70th plenary meeting, 77th session.

In Kingston, Jamaica, the Secretary-General, António Guterres, met with Prime Minister Andrew Holness to discuss a wide range of issues, including the country’s leadership in efforts to reform the global financial architecture. UNIFEED