"SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS"

UN chief Antonio Guterres said his global ceasefire appeal is resonating across the world but noted that there is “huge distance between declarations and deeds” and stressed that to “silence the guns, we must raise the voices for peace.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, calling for a “shared responsibility and global solidarity in response to the impacts of COVID-19.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses journalists and the public in a live virtual briefing and lays out three critical areas of action in tackling the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

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

After meeting with Secretary-General António Guterres, Colombian President Iván Duque told reporters that Colombia and the United Nations have finalized negotiations on a framework working agreement for the period 2020 – 2023, based on “three central axes; peace with legality, attention to migrant populations, and the implementation in our country of the Sustainable Development Goals.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the 64th Commission on the Status of Women, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said “centuries of discrimination, deep-rooted patriarchy and misogyny have created a yawning gender power gap in our economies, our political systems and our corporations. This simply has to change.” UNIFEED

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

In Maharashtra, India, one million rural women have gained access to financial services, and technical and business training, which gave them independence and improved status in their communities. IFAD

UN agencies together with the Bangladesh authorities have appealed for USD 877 million to support hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, where conditions are still not conducive for their safe return. UNTV CH

Speaking at the High-level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity (FACTI) for Achieving the 2030 Agenda, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande warns that gaps, or the illegal siphoning off of government revenues, “have real consequences in all countries”.