Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks on the IMF/SDSN event “SDG Costing and Macroeconomics: Spending Needs for Achieving Selected SDGs” [Sustainable Development Goals], in New York today:
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Economic issues
Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Fabrizio Hochschild, Assistant Secretary‑General for Strategic Coordination, to the ASEAN‑World Economic Forum, taking place in Hanoi from 11‑13 September:
Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the launch of the New Climate Economy report, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Business Forum, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the first meeting of the High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, in New York today:
The only way to ensure sustainable economic development was through taxation, Babatunde Fowler, Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services of Nigeria, told the Economic and Social Council today as it held its special meeting on international cooperation in tax matters.
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level symposium: “Strengthening Multilateralism and Multilateral Trading System in the Age of Globalization”, in New York today:
The Secretary-General is pleased to confirm that Bola Adesola of Nigeria, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Standard Chartered Nigeria, and Paul Polman of the Netherlands, Chief Executive Officer of Unilever, will serve as the two Vice-Chairs of the Board of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
Following UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the 2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk: Capturing the Global Investment Opportunity in the Paris Agreement, in New York today: