In progress at UNHQ

United Nations Ocean Conference (Nice, France, 9-13 June)

#FinancingOurFuture

29 April 2025

DSG/SM/1970

High-Impact Initiatives, Leadership Key to Turn Financing for Development Reforms from ‘Paper to Practice’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Forum Closing

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s closing remarks at the 2025 Economic and Social Council Financing for Development Forum today:

28 April 2025

ECOSOC/7200

Speakers Urge Global Cooperation to Restructure Debt, Revitalize International Trade, in Lead up to Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

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.

28 April 2025

SG/SM/22630

Financing for Development ‘Integral to Future of Multilateral System’, Secretary-General Tells Economic and Social Council Forum

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:

Daily Noon Briefing

13 June 2025

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Chad, François Batalingaya, said today the country is in crisis with the east reaching a breaking point. Floods impacted nearly 2 million people last year; 3 million people are struggling to feed themselves. The $1.4 billion Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is only 9 per cent funded.