Effective financial markets, key to sustainable development in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECA (Press Release )Africa needs strong financial markets to unlock much needed capital to drive sustainable development on the continent, the acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Antonio Pedro, has urged.
Sudan is reeling after six months of war - Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Stories & Blogs OCHA (Press Release )Half a year of war has plunged Sudan into one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history.
The Sudan crisis exacerbates humanitarian suffering in South Sudan
Stories & Blogs OCHA (Press Release )Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people fleeing the Sudan conflict in need of humanitarian assistance at South Sudan’s borders
Six big ideas to advance food systems resilience in Nigeria: Bringing CGIAR Initiatives together to foster collaboration and policy coherence.
Stories & Blogs IFPRI (Blog post )Two CGIAR initiatives—Fragility, Conflict and Migration (FCM) and National Policies and Strategies (NPS)—brought together policymakers, researchers, and representatives from the private sector and civil society to discuss how to advance food systems resil
Used Responsibly, Digital Technologies Can Be Catalysts of Economic, Social, Societal Transformation, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Headquarters Event.
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )“The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development is in peril. For the first time in decades, development progress is reversing under the combined impact of interconnected crises” Amina Mohammed.
Think Big, Be Ambitious ‘to Get Sustainable Development Goals Back on Track’, Stresses Secretary-General, Opening Acceleration Day.
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )“You are all part of a great global effort to rescue the SDGs, and deliver the action that our planet and people around the world are counting on. But right now, we are losing the fight” Antonio Guterres.
Non-renewal of Measures Imposed by Security Council Resolution 2374 (2017) concerning Mali.
Stories & Blogs UN Security Council (Press Release )The Secretariat has removed from the United Nations website the list of the eight individuals on the 2374 Sanctions List.
Better Data ‘Indispensable Scaffolding That Supports Progress across All Sustainable Development Goals, Stresses Deputy Secretary-General.
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )“Our world is confronting a cascade of crises that are undermining hard-won development gains and threatening lives and livelihoods everywhere” Amina Mohammed.
‘We Must Stay the Course to Support, Partner with Chad to Build Prosperous, Peaceful Future’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Event.
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )“As Chad embarks on the last — and most challenging — mile of the transition, we need to stay the course to support and partner with Chad to build a prosperous and peaceful future that leaves no one behind” Said Amina Mohammed.
Security Council Committee on Libya Discusses Final Report of Panel of Experts
Stories & Blogs UN Security Council (Press Release )On 18 August 2023, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held informal consultations to consider the final report of the Panel of Experts on Libya, submitted in accordance with paragraph 13 of resol