Economic and Social Council President Underscores Imperative to Include Women, Young People in Labour Markets amid Worrying Development TrendsThe Economic and Social Council convened two interactive discussions today with speakers underscoring the…
Note: A complete summary of today’s High-Level Political Forum meetings will be made available after their conclusion.Interactive Discussion I
This morning, the Forum convened a round‑table discussion on the theme “Financing the Sustainable Deve…
Juncker Plan: €800 million for innovative small and medium-sized businesses in eleven countries
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and ProCredit Group are providing €800 million to innovative small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), under the European…
Global partnerships are essential to helping the world’s most vulnerable countries eradicate poverty and address climate change, among other global challenges, delegates said today, as the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held a th…
Four years after their adoption, progress on many of the Sustainable Development Goals remains slow amid rising inequality, the impacts of climate change and the world’s most vulnerable people suffering the most, the United Nations High-Level Political…
The United Nations should explore greater use of conflict prevention and mediation tools enshrined in its founding Charter, speakers told the Security Council today, as it examined the Organization’s long-standing culture of spending billions of dollar…
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Security Council meeting on conflict prevention and mediation:I thank Kuwait and His Excellency, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, for this opportunity to brie…
Note: Following are summaries of statements made today in the Security Council meeting on conflict prevention and mediation. A complete summary of this Council meeting will be available later today as Press Release SC/13837.Briefings
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES,…