RUNDOWN FOR WEDNESDAY 31 MAY 2023

SOMALIA / ECONOMIC POTENTIAL (5:27)

Somalia’s economic potential has been under the spotlight for the past two days at a gathering of Somali government, international partners, local entrepreneurs and foreign firms, with a goal of highlighting opportunities for business with international companies. UNSOM

ILO / GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT DIVIDE (1:34)

Mutually reinforcing crises, including rising debt levels, are disproportionately affecting developing countries, worsening the global employment divide between high-income and low-income countries, and widening existing inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO). ILO

UN / FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (1:08)

The Secretary-General takes note of the appeal judgement in the case against Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović and extends his thoughts to the victims, and survivors and their families who have suffered from the crimes for which both defendants have been found guilty, a UN Spokesperson said. The judgement marks the conclusion of the last case relating to core crimes that the Mechanism inherited from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. UNIFEED