Economic issues

Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, is still in Khartoum and is continuing to engage with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, and other key Member States on the ground in efforts to secure an immediate de-escalation and cessation of the fighting.

Amid a backdrop of multidimensional crises exacerbating inequalities and pushing the world’s poorest, most vulnerable countries deeper into debt, the Economic and Social Council opened its annual Financing for Development Forum today with speakers debating how to reform the international financial architecture to effectively close the rich-poor gap and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

A World Food Programme (WFP)-chartered vessel berthed today in Al Salif port in Hudaydah, carrying 30,000 metric tons of wheat to support humanitarian assistance in Yemen, where approximately 85,000 tons of wheat is needed each month. Continued donor support has so far kept famine at bay, according to WFP.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the 2023 Economic and Social Council Forum on Financing for Development Follow-up, in New York today:

In Syria, the United Nations and its partners are continuing to help people impacted by the earthquakes. Across the country, more than a million people have received tents, shelter kits and other emergency items. About 1.1 million people have received food rations and nearly 2 million hot meals have been provided.

​​​​​​​Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the side event to the World Bank Group/International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2023 spring meetings by the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the “High-level Panel on Pathways for Peace:  Progress on Preventing Conflict”, as part of the joint International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank spring meetings, in Washington, D.C., today:

​​​​​​​Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s keynote remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the “Forum on Reform – Building the Coalition from Bridgetown to Paris and Beyond”, as part of the joint International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank spring meetings in Washington, D.C., today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the ninth African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development 2023, in Niamey, Niger, today:

Twelve years filled with destruction and war, corruption, sanctions and the Lebanese financial collapse, as well as the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have contributed to “a twin humanitarian and economic crisis of epic proportions”, the Special Envoy for Syria told the Council today, giving a detailed report on the embattled country.