A key theme for the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), 10-20 July 2023, was the issue of the current international financial architecture (IFA) that disproportionality disservices low and middle-income countries.
Reforms to IFA, tackling debt...
Reform of the International Financial Architecture
A key theme for the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), 10-20 July 2023, was the issue of the current international financial architecture (IFA) that disproportionality disservices low and middle-income countries.
Reforms to IFA, tackling debt...
UN General Assembly High-Level Week
GPW Fact Sheet on UN General Assembly High-Level Week features a run-down of the high-level events & collection of relevant resources. Happening soon, the UNGA High-Level Week will be an opportunity for a discussion on...
2023 ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment
This GPW Round Up #6 - 2023 ECOSOC Operational Activities for Development Segment: Financing for effective UN Development System & Country Teams - features a selection of perspectives from the sessions held in May 2023.
Sustainable...
5th UN Conference on LDC5: Highlights from High-Level Roundtable discussions at LDC5
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UN 2023 Water Conference: Highlights from the conference in UN year for Water Action and Focus
This GPW Round Up #4, UN 2023 Water Conference: Highlights from the conference in UN year for Water Action and Focus, features a selection of perspectives from different groups of participants at the UN Water...
Vers un pacte numérique mondial
The rights that apply offline also apply online, but not quite in the same way. The digital economy has many promises, but is also a trap that catches most countries in the middle, doing painful...
LDCs and their “development”
Litmus test of international co-operation
One of the global processes falling prey to the Omicron variant of the Covid virus was the fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed countries, originally scheduled for the...
Heard at the 2020 UN High-level Political Forum
“The world is going through a public health crisis which is turning into a global economic and social crisis. The HLPF is one of the first major intergovernmental meetings with universal participation and broad stakeholder...
PRESS RELEASE - Vague promises won't solve global crises
On 16 July, this year's virtual UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development came to an end. The HLPF is the premier UN body to monitor the annual progress on the implementation of the...
UN75 Political Declaration: Perspectives on the lynchpin role of UN financing
The year 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations as well as the beginning of the final 10 years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the wider 2030 Agenda. The...