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When the UN’s 193 member states reviewed the current status of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030, the verdict was mostly fa

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - When the UN’s 193 member states reviewed the current status of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2030, the verdict was mostly failures—and with little or no successes.The hunger/poverty nexus was best characterized by Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), who warned last week that under current trends, 575 million people will still be living...

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The United Nations will host six “high-level” meetings, including two summits of world leaders-- over a short span of five consecutive days, beginning September 18.The back-to-back meetings, d

A coalition of civil society organizations, (CSOs), including climate activists, anti-poverty campaigners and celebrity chefs, are among those calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders on the

On 10 September 2021, UN Secretary-General (SG) Antonio Guterres released the “Our Common Agenda” (OCA) report. This report was in response to a request from UN member states to “report back bef

Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), Virtual, 6-7 May 2021 COMMUNIQUÉ THE Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 6-7 May 2021, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize. COORDINATION OF FOREIGN POLICY CARICOM Foreign Minister re-emphasised the importance for the Region to speak with one voic...

(CARICOM), Press Release (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) -- The Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 6-7 May 2021, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize.   The COFCOR was attended by Honourable E. P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda; Senator Dr. t...

Daily Times April 29, 2021 UNITED NATIONS: The President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, has stressed the need for addressing inequality at the international and national levels to promote the goal of justice envisioned in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of efforts to build international peace and security. “Justice flows from equality; injustice from inequality, discrimination and lack of fairness in policy and practice,” he sa...

Opening Statement by Prime Minister Imran Khan at Special Segment of the ECOSOC Forum - The following is the Opening Statement delivered by Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan virtually at the Special High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Financing for Development (FfD) on April 12, 2021.   “Bismillah-er-Rahman-er-Rahim President of the Economic and Social Council, Ambassador Munir Akram, President of the General Assembly, Mr. Volkan Bozkir, Secretary-General...