The world is at a crossroads. This week, the United Nations Secretary-General, government ministers and senior leaders are gathered in New York at the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum. (schedule
NEW YORK, 28 October 2022 – UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller engaged in the United Nations’ top inter-agency forums during his mission to UN Headquarters. This included the United Nations Chief Executives Board (CEB) chaired by the Secretary-General and a meeting of Principals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General.
The 2022 Financing for Sustainable Development Report, issued by the Secretary-General's Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development, examines how unfavourable financing terms, such as high borrowing costs and debt overhangs, prevent developing counties from responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and investing in sustainable development, and what can be done to enable countries to achieve the SDGs. UNCTAD is one of the main stakeholders of the IATF and mainly contributes to four chapters in the report:
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Guyana on Tuesday called for a fairer money lending scheme that takes into consideration that some countries are more vulnerable to major disasters.
Guyana’s Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, addressing the United Nations Economic and Social Coun