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For the last four months Iran has denied the IAEA access to two locations and for almost a year, it has not been engaged in substantive discussions related to “possible undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities,” said the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on Monday in Vienna. IAEA

World trade is expected to fall by between 13 per cent and 32 per cent in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the world, said the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO

The International Labour Organization (ILO) said there is an urgent need to tackle the high level of poverty and inequalities facing indigenous peoples. ILO

The IMF is warning that a ‘synchronized downturn’ in global growth may mean countries need to be prepared for coordinated action, the Fund’s Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department, Vitor Gaspar said at the launch of the Fiscal Monitor report in Washington. IMF

Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan, briefs press.

The outgoing President of the General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, looked back over her yearlong tenure and ahead to continuing her commitment to the core issues on the global agenda. Expressing her strong faith in the value of the United Nations and in particular its General Assembly, she pledged to continue advancing the international community’s shared goals for a better world. UNIFEED

Press Conference on Launch of Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 with guests: Shantanu Mukherjee, Chief, Integrated Policy and Analysis Branch, Division for Sustainable Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, along with Co-chairs of the Global Sustainable Development Report 2019, Peter Messerli, Director of the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Bern, Switzerland and Endah Murniningtyas, former Deputy Planning Minister of Indonesia

More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned today, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late. UNTV CH

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.