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According to the International Telecommunication Union, only 30 percent of women globally have access to the Internet. UNTV CH

WTO members concluded the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi on 2 March with the adoption of a Ministerial Declaration setting out a forward-looking, reform agenda for the organization. WTO

In a four-day meeting organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are discussing challenges such as how to harness the potential of a dynamic region in transforming the ways in which food is produced and distributed globally, while also tackling persistent problems like hunger and poverty. FAO

Global economic growth is projected to slow from an estimated 2.7 percent in 2023 to 2.4 per cent in 2024, trending below the pre-pandemic growth rate of 3.0 per cent, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2024 report. UNIFEED

A new report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds more lives are being protected from dangerous climate change but there is a long way to go. Half of countries globally are still not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems. UNDRR

During a first ever meeting of senior officials of all members in Geneva, the World Trade Organization reached an important milestone today, in the global efforts to support least-developed countries (LDCs) on the path to graduation from LDC status. The decision was taken as Senior Officials gather to prepare for the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13), scheduled for February 2024 in Abu Dhabi. WTO

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today flagged climate change as a “spiralling human rights emergency for many countries”, as he called for decisive action to tackle the global planetary crisis. UNTV CH

Under the theme Diversify with Green and Digital Trade, Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa and the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre Pamela Coke-Hamilton opened the World Export Development Forum (WEDF) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. ITC

At the opening ceremony of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, the UN chief stated, “The global financial architecture is outdated, dysfunctional, and unjust.” FRENCH GOVERNMENT / UNIFEED

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announces 2 million US dollars First Emergency Response in the Central African Republic after a UN mission was conducted by ECW Deputy Director Graham Lang and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). ECW