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The Special Meeting on international cooperation in tax matters will further advance policy dialogue on using tax as a policy lever for sustainable development and making the international tax system fair and effective. 

The Special Meeting on international cooperation in tax matters will further advance policy dialogue on using tax as a policy lever for sustainable development and making the international tax system fair and effective. 

The number of pregnant and breastfeeding adolescent girls and women suffering from acute malnutrition has soared from 5.5 million to 6.9 million – or 25 per cent – since 2020 in 12 countries hardest hit by the global food and nutrition crisis, according to a new report released by UNICEF today. UNICEF

“Despite leadership losses and expenses that are diminishing its cash reserves, the threat posed by Da’esh to international peace and security remains high and has increased in and around conflict zones,” according to the new report on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security. UNIFEED

General Assembly adopts $3.4 billion programme budget for 2023, approves permanent shift to annual cycle, concluding main part of Seventy-Seventh Session.

Despite pandemic, climate crises, global goals in social protection, education still within reach, Economic and Social Council President tells General Assembly.

The IMF’s Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva set out the Fund’s Global Policy Agenda during her press briefing. Georgieva’s overarching message was that fiscal policy and monetary policy must go hand in hand, as the world faces continued and increasing economic hardship. IMF

As the global economy is suffering turbulent times, the IMF has warned Governments that they must reduce budget deficits incurred during the pandemic. The warning comes as energy and food prices soar, causing extreme poverty worldwide. IMF

The global economy is slowing amid continued tight financing conditions, announced Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF on Wednesday in Washington, DC. IMF

Afghanistan: no other country in the world where women and girls have “so rapidly” been deprived of their fundamental rights “purely because of gender,” UN-appointed expert told Human Rights Council. UNTV CH