Thursday 24 October 2024

World Development Information Day 2024; October 24th.



FORUM: “Strengthen international cooperation to solve trade and development problems.” World Development Information Day 2024. The Commitment to Development Index ranks 40 of the world’s most powerful countries on their dedication to policies that affect more than five billion people living in poorer nations. The CDI scores countries relative to their size and economic weight to measure countries according to their potential to help. CDI Countries range from middle to high-income; to level the playing field, we have an option to income-adjust, or rank relative to income-predicted scores. Sweden takes first place. France is second and Norway is in third place. Sweden and France also top the environment component, each applying a relatively high price to carbon and Sweden has relatively low emissions per head. The US ranks 22nd, with strong contributions on security and trade, but low scores on diffusing technology and safeguarding the environment. It scores ahead of China, which ranks 36th, but behind most EU countries, who take 6 of the top 10 spots. Follow the conversations with the hashtags #DevinfoDay, #Development, #macroeconomics, #DevelopmentIndex; #24October.

Strengthen international cooperation to solve trade and development problems.



EVENTS: on October 24th; A High-level event to mark World Development Information Day 2024 will be held at UNHQ by the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Development (UNPD).

On October 29th; You are invited to join the 2024 UN SDG Action Campaign to celebrate changemakers who are wielding the power of creativity and innovation to bring us closer to a more sustainable, equitable and peaceful world. The UN SDG Action Awards Ceremony will unveil the winners of the 2024 edition with the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Antonio Tajani (TBC), and UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the UNDP Bureau for External Relations and Advocacy Susan Brown, as well as Canon Ambassador Muhammed Muheisen, Italian song writer and singer Noemi, Paralympian and Disability Advocate Jessica Smith OAM, award-winning film director and producer Farhoud Meybodi, among many others. The UN SDG Action Awards programme is made by the generous financial support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Watch the UN SDG Action Awards Ceremony live!

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

Explore the list of upcoming UN Development & Trade events and meetings!

Register to participate to the upcoming webinar series of the Center of Global Development.

INITIATIVE ;Advancing dissemination of SDGs.






Secretary-General's remarks to the 16th BRICS Summit;

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
I am grateful to participate in the 16th BRICS Summit.
Collectively, your countries represent nearly half of the world’s population. And I salute your valuable commitment and support for international problem-solving as clearly reflected in your theme this year. But no single group and no single country can act alone or in isolation. It takes a community of nations, working as one global family, to address global challenges. Challenges like the rising number of conflicts. The devastation of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss… Rising inequalities and lingering poverty and hunger… A debt crisis that threatens to smother plans for the future of many vulnerable countries... The fact that fewer than one-fifth of the Sustainable Development Goals are on-track... A growing digital divide, and a lack of guardrails for artificial intelligence and other frontier technologies... And a lack of representation and voice for developing countries at global decision-making tables. From the Security Council to the Bretton-Woods institution and beyond. This must change. September’s Summit of the Future offered a roadmap for strengthening multilateralism, and advancing peace, sustainable development and human rights.

I see four areas for action.

First — finance.

Today’s international financial system is not offering many vulnerable countries the safety net or level of support they need. The Pact for the Future calls for accelerating reform of the international financial architecture that is outdated, ineffective and unfair. And it includes a commitment to move forward with an SDG Stimulus to change the business model to substantially increase the lending capacity of Multilateral Development Banks to developing countries. To recycle more Special Drawing Rights… To restructure loans for countries drowning in debt... And to mobilize more international and domestic resources, public and private, for vital investments in developing countries. Next year’s Conference on Financing for Development and the Summit on Social Development are two milestones to carry these efforts forward. We must also recognize the importance of South-South cooperation. It doesn’t replace the commitments and obligations of developed countries. But it is providing a growing contribution to supporting developing countries in overcoming obstacles to reaching the SDGs.

Second — climate.

Every country has committed to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That requires dramatic action to reduce emissions now — with the G20 in the lead. COP29 is just weeks away. That starts the clock for countries to produce new Nationally Determined Contributions plans with 2035 targets that are aligned with the 1.5 degree goal. COP29 must deliver an ambitious and credible outcome on the new climate finance goal. Developed countries must also keep promises to double adaptation finance, and ensure meaningful contributions to the Loss and Damage Fund, which was not the case when it was created.

Third — technology.

Every country must be able to access the benefits of technology.
The Global Digital Compact commits to enhanced global cooperation and capacity-building. It includes the first truly universal agreement on the international governance of Artificial Intelligence to give every country a seat at the AI table. It calls for an independent international Scientific Panel on AI and initiating a global dialogue on its governance within the United Nations with the participations of all countries And it requests options for innovative financing for AI capacity-building in developing countries.

And fourth — peace.

We must strengthen and update the machinery of peace. This includes reforms to make the United Nations Security Council reflective of today’s world. The Pact for the Future includes important steps on disarmament — including the first multilateral agreement on nuclear disarmament in more than a decade — and steps that address the weaponization of outer space and the use of lethal autonomous weapons. Across the board, we need peace. We need peace in Gaza with an immediate cease-fire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, the effective delivery of humanitarian aid without obstacles, and we need to make irreversible progress to end the occupation and establish the two state solution, as it was recently reaffirmed once again by a UN General Assembly resolution. We need peace in Lebanon with an immediate cessation of hostilities, moving to the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701. We need peace in Ukraine. A just peace in line with the UN Charter, international law and General Assembly resolutions. We need peace in Sudan, with all parties silencing their guns and committing to a path towards sustainable peace. Those were the messages I have delivered to the High-Level segment of the General Assembly in September in New York. Unfortunately, they remain valid here and now. Everywhere, we must uphold the values of the UN Charter, the rule of law, and the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of all States. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The Summit of the Future charted a course to strengthen multilateralism for global development and security. Now we must turn words into deeds and we believe BRICS can play a very important role in this direction.

Thank you.
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