Financing for Development Forum concludes with debt and finance still contested

The Financing for Sustainable Development Report assessed the pressure on development finance and the large investment gap facing the SDGs. Its analysis follows the Sevilla Commitment and highlights...

The three-day forum brought youth representatives together to discuss coordinated action on the 2030 Agenda. Young people from the Global South raised questions of meaningful participation, public...

The forum concluded after sessions on innovation and implementation. Youth demands underscored that intergenerational participation requires decision-making power and financing, not only symbolic...

The forum reviewed debt, trade, private finance, international financial architecture and development cooperation under the Sevilla Commitment. G77 and developing-country debates continued to...

Indigenous representatives met at the UN to address rights, lands and development. Their participation broadens decolonial history beyond state independence, foregrounding peoples whose sovereignty...

The annual forum ended after discussions on Indigenous rights and the implementation of UN commitments. Its work highlights a continuing tension: postcolonial states can oppose external domination...

Kenya and France convened African leaders and businesses around investment, innovation and a renewed partnership. The summit’s colonial history matters: contemporary cooperation must be assessed...

Summit participants adopted a declaration covering peace and security, finance, green industrialization, technology, health and agriculture. Its language of partnership coexists with scrutiny of how...

WHO member states met to set health policy after the Pandemic Agreement’s adoption in 2025. Equity in access, the authority of states over public health and the distribution of technology remained...

The Assembly decided that negotiations should continue on the pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex, including contracts governing access and benefits. The unfinished annex reflects developing...