Describing a “race to the bottom” in which multinational corporations enjoy lower and lower tax rates around the globe, delegates at the Economic and Social Council’s forum on financing for development follow-up today stressed that such practices are slicing deep into the funds countries need to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by their 2030 deadline.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Christoph Heusgen (Germany):

The World Food Programme (WFP) says it has reached 1 million people in Mozambique with food assistance in the month since Cyclone Idai made landfall.  WFP intends to assist 1.7 million people needing urgent food and nutrition support, but still requires $130 million to implement its response through June.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres landed in Amman from Benghazi, Libya, on Friday evening, 5 April.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Tripoli from Cairo on Wednesday afternoon, 3 April.  

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Cairo from Tunis early on Monday evening, 1 April.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Tunis from New York on Saturday morning, 30 March.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ opening remarks to the 2019 ECOSOC [Economic and Social Council] Financing for Development Forum in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Christoph Heusgen (Germany):

Four years after the roll‑out of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the gap in financing the Sustainable Development Goals has widened, the chief United Nations trade expert told the forum on financing for development follow-up today, as participants explored ways to mobilize domestic resources, curb corruption and create enabling environments for increased investment in their economies.