Second Committee

14 October 2022

GA/EF/3573

Harness Sustainable Development to Promote Climate Action, Protect Biodiversity, Says Human Settlements Director, as Second Committee Debates New Urban Agenda

With the New Urban Agenda crucial to sustainable human development, Member States were urged to strengthen the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‑Habitat), as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today addressed the role of cities and other issues faced by developing countries.

13 October 2022

GA/EF/3572

Implementation of Doha Programme Pivotal to Aiding Countries in Special Situations Achieve Sustainable Development, Delegates Tell Second Committee

The Doha Programme of Action presents an opportunity to reset the least developed countries on a trajectory towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals, a senior United Nations official told delegates today as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) took up groups of countries in special situations.

12 October 2022

GA/EF/3571

Combined Effects of War in Ukraine, Pandemic Driving Millions More into Extreme Poverty, Senior United Nations Official Tells Second Committee

Despite progress made before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people worldwide have slid back into extreme poverty, and some 130 million more will do so over the next decade unless the international community takes urgent action, speakers stressed today as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) took up the issue.

11 October 2022

GA/EF/3570-ECOSOC/7105

Climate Has Moved to Place Where No One Knows What Will Happen, Expert Warns, at Joint Meeting of Second Committee, Economic and Social Council

Climate change has altered the fundamental structure of poverty, an environmental expert told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) and the Economic and Social Council today as they held a joint meeting on poverty eradication.

10 October 2022

GA/EF/3569

Geopolitical Tensions, Food and Energy Insecurity Putting Sustainable Development Goals at Risk for Most Vulnerable States, Delegates in Second Committee Stress

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) tackled the issue of sustainable development today, with Csaba Kőrösi (Hungary), President of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly, setting the tone by calling for reversing the trend of increasing inequalities and citing a massive financing gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

7 October 2022

GA/EF/3568

International Cooperation, National Action Can Spur Digital Transformation, Delegates Hear, as Second Committee Takes Up Information Technology

Globalization must go hand in hand with increased cooperation in science and technology, United Nations experts and delegates told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it took up information and communications technologies (ICT) for sustainable development as well as globalization and interdependence.

6 October 2022

GA/EF/3567

Amid Global Crises, Multilateral Support Critical for Most Vulnerable States, Delegates Underline, as Second Committee Takes Up Macroeconomic Policy

The world is in the midst of multidimensional macroeconomic crises and urgently requires reform of the international financial system to ensure COVID‑19 recovery and sustainable development, United Nations experts and Member States warned today as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) took up the issue.

4 October 2022

GA/EF/3566

Developed Countries Must Deliver on Climate Change, Finance Commitments, Delegates Stress, as Second Committee Continues Its General Debate

As the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties approaches, developed countries must deliver on their commitments on climate change, speakers told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) as it continued its general debate today.

3 October 2022

GA/EF/3565

Second Committee Must Address ‘Great Finance Divide’ as World Economic Outlook Deteriorates, Says Under-Secretary-General, Opening General Debate

Developing countries are caught in a difficult situation as they must grapple with multidimensional crises including COVID-19 pandemic recovery, financing gaps, poverty and climate change, speakers told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today as it opened the general debate of its seventy-seventh session.

29 September 2022

GA/EF/3563*

Lachezara Stoeva (Bulgaria) Chair of Second Committee

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected Lachezara Stoeva (Bulgaria) Chair on 7 June.