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Press Release | International Conference on Financing for Development opens with a renewed global framework to tackle sustainable development challenges

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) opened today in Sevilla with the adoption of the Sevilla Commitment or Compromiso de Sevilla, an intergovernmentally negotiated outcome that lays the foundation for a renewed global framework for financing development. Commitments include steps to close the $4 trillion financing gap for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), address the debt crises, and reform the rules of the system to make the international financial system fairer and more transparent, putting people¡¯s needs at the center, and injecting new hope for people around the world.

2025-06-30T05:41:19-04:0030 Jun 2025|Featured, News, Press material|

Media Advisory | FFD4: Opening Press Conference

The President of the Government of Spain and the United Nations Secretary-General will hold a press conference on the opening day of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla, where world leaders, international financial institutions, civil society and private sector representatives are convening from 30 June to 3 July to commit to a renewed global framework to mobilize finance at scale and reform the rules of the system to put people¡¯s needs at the center.

2025-06-28T11:54:25-04:0028 Jun 2025|Press material|

Media Advisory | FFD4 Special Event: Implementing the Sevilla Platform for Action

In the Sevilla Platform for Action (SPA), coalitions of countries and stakeholders are announcing 130 high-impact initiatives to implement the Compromiso de Sevilla ¨C the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). The initiatives of the SPA will put in place a highly ambitious package of concrete actions to support the renewed global financing framework that world leaders are adopting in Sevilla. ??

2025-06-28T11:45:52-04:0028 Jun 2025|Press material|

Press Release | United Nations Secretary-General launches report to break ¡°the cycle of debt distress¡±, ahead of Major Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Financing Conference

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General today presented new recommendations¨CConfronting the Debt Crisis: 11Actions to Unlock Sustainable Financing¨Cthat aim to break the cycle of debt distress and lay the foundation for unlocking long-term, affordable financing that supports sustainable development.

2025-06-28T11:59:18-04:0027 Jun 2025|Featured, Press material|

Closing Press Release | Global digital cooperation in focus as 20th Internet Governance Forum concludes in Norway

Lillestr?m, Norway, 27 June 2025 ¡ª The 20th annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) concluded today in Lillestr?m, Norway, celebrating two decades of advancing open, inclusive, and secure digital development.

2025-06-27T10:55:33-04:0027 Jun 2025|Press material|

Joint Press Release | Energy Access Has Improved, Yet International Financial Support Still Needed to Boost Progress and Address Disparities

Washington, New York, Paris, Geneva, Abu Dhabi, 25 June 2025 ¨C Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025 finds that almost 92% of the world¡¯s population now has basic access to electricity Although this is an improvement since 2022, which saw the number of people without basic access decrease for the first time in a decade, over 666 million people remain without access, indicating that the current rate is insufficient to reach universal access by 2030.

2025-06-25T12:16:48-04:0025 Jun 2025|Press material|

Press Release | Internet Governance Forum opens, marking 20 years of leadership on global digital policy

The 20th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) opened today in Lillestr?m, Norway. Convened by the United Nations Secretary-General and organized by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ DESA) in collaboration with the Government of Norway, the multi-stakeholder meeting takes place from 23 to 27 June.

2025-06-24T06:53:23-04:0023 Jun 2025|Press material|

Press Release | Global economic outlook worsens amid trade conflict and policy uncertainty, United Nations Report says

New York, 15 May 2025 ¨C Global economic outlook worsens amid trade conflict and policy uncertainty, United Nations Report says. Slower growth, weaker trade and investment risk derailing development progress

2025-05-16T08:55:46-04:0015 May 2025|Featured, Press material|

Media Advisory | The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ¡¯s Science, Technology and Innovation Forum marks 10 years of bridging frontier knowledge and policy for sustainable development

Media Advisory | The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ¡¯s Science, Technology and Innovation Forum marks 10 years of bridging frontier knowledge and policy for sustainable development

2025-05-16T08:53:49-04:0005 May 2025|Press material|

Media Advisory | Ministers and leaders to convene for high-level deliberations ahead of 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)

Media Advisory | Ministers and leaders to convene for high-level deliberations ahead of 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)

2025-04-25T13:18:35-04:0025 Apr 2025|Featured, Press material|
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