Following high-level talks in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, delegates from around Asia and the Pacific today adopted a regional platform statement on sustainable development that will feed into the global preparatory process for next year’s United Nations summit on this issue.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today said the decision by the Netherlands to almost double its contribution to the agency’s core budget was a welcome show of support in advance of next year’s UN forum on sustainable development.
Delegates from Asian-Pacific countries met in Cambodia's capital today for the start of a high-level meeting to consolidate the region's position for an upcoming United Nations conference on sustainable development.
A senior United Nations official today said the upcoming global conference on financing for development should aim at helping countries have access to a set of economic tools needed to respond effectively to crises.
A senior United Nations official today said the upcoming global conference on financing for development should aim at helping countries have access to a set of economic tools needed to respond effectively to crises.
The United Nations top human rights official today said financing for development was the best investment that could be made in order to ensure security and human dignity for all.
Preparations for an upcoming United Nations conference on financing development projects for developing countries resumed today at UN Headquarters in New York with a call for continued commitment and cooperation on the issue.
The General Assembly's two-day dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development has helped to forge a new policy response, the President of the 189-member body said today.
The United Nations General Assembly today opened a two-day high-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership.
Declining aid and terms of trade, mounting debt, and ineffective adjustment policies have left sub-Saharan Africa poorer than two decades ago, according to a new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
