Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the presentation of the Report on the Development Coordination Office at the Economic and Social Council Segment on Operational Activities for Development today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the 2025 Economic and Social Council Operational Activities for Development Segment, in New York today:
Women and girls must be at the forefront of designing and implementing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to promote gender equality and combat gender-based violence, speakers emphasized today at the tenth multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Bretton Woods institutions are playing a crucial role in ensuring financial stability and promoting development, their representatives said today, even as some speakers expressed concern about their private-sector-first approach.
With two months to go before world leaders meet in Seville to discuss financing for development, speakers at an Economic and Social Council forum on that topic put forth an urgent call for global cooperation in restructuring debt and revitalizing international trade.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the 2025 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up, in New York today:
The Economic and Social Council concludes its Youth Forum today.
The Economic and Social Council continued its Youth Forum today.
Youth are leading the charge in solving development challenges — driving innovation, demanding accountability and building more inclusive and sustainable futures — even as they face rising conflicts, soaring unemployment, escalating climate crisis and a widening digital divide, the Economic and Social Council heard today as it opened its Youth Forum.
Overstretched, underfunded health systems that cannot meet the needs of the most vulnerable are undermining gains made towards sustainable development, the Commission on Population and Development heard today as it entered the third day of its current session.
