Development

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the Human Development Report 2023-24: Reimagining Cooperation in a Polarized World, in New York today:

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners today launched a $852.4 million response plan for nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi hosts. Ninety-five per cent of Rohingya households in Bangladesh are vulnerable and dependent on humanitarian aid.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum for Sustainable Development 2024, in Bangkok today:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message at the Middle-Income Countries Conference, in Rabat today:

Inclusive economic growth is key to social development and poverty eradication, requiring policies and programmes created by collaboration, such as economists strategizing alongside mothers, corporate executives engaging with the unemployed and political leaders consulting youth, speakers told the Commission for Social Development at the opening of its sixty-second session.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Third South Summit of the Group of 77 and China, in Kampala today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the third plenary on the Funding Model for the Resident Coordinator System, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level opening segment of the General Assembly-Economic and Social Council Thematic Event on Landlocked Developing Countries, in New York today: