With only six years remaining to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is on track to achieve only 17 per cent of targets, requiring urgent action to correct that trajectory for developing countries, speakers warned the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it took up that crucial issue.
Faced with mounting debt, rising financial constraints, dwindling foreign investment and illicit financial flows, speakers in the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) urged international actors to address and reverse pernicious obstacles to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that intense attacks in the south and east of the country this week have killed and injured dozens of civilians and damaged homes, a hospital and schools.
With only 17 per cent of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets on track, the United Nations system and Member States must enhance and coordinate efforts to rescue them, speakers told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it took up the Secretary-General’s reports on the state of development.
Highlighting persistent roadblocks and hindrances to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), speakers stressed the need to mitigate the devastating impacts of climate change, build economic resilience, boost financing and forgive crippling debt, as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) continued its general debate today.
Facing a cascade of climate disasters, conflicts and economic strains, the world is sliding backwards on poverty, hunger, gender equality and education — requiring immediate concerted action as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recede out of reach for developing countries - speakers stressed today as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) opened its annual general debate.
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected Muhammad Abdul Muhith (Bangladesh) Chair on 6 June.
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) opened its seventy-ninth session today, approving a programme of work with topics ranging from international trade, debt and development financing to global partnerships, poverty eradication and food security.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Global Africa Business Initiative, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ address at a joint meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers, the United Nations system and international financial institutions, held in New York today:
