IMF upgrades 2024 global growth forecast to 3.2 pct2024-04-17
IMF upgrades 2024 global growth forecast to 3.2 pct

IMF chief urges policymakers to "deal decisively with inflation and debt"2024-04-12
With global growth outlook well below the historical average, and a growing divergence in economic fortunes, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday urged policymakers to deal decisively with inflation and debt, and promote economic transformation.

UN condemns strike on Iranian facility in Syria, urges restraint amid rising tensions2024-04-03
UN condemns strike on Iranian facility in Syria, urges restraint amid rising tensions

UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding cease-fire in Gaza for Ramadan2024-03-26
The Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution that demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan.

U.S. vetoes Security Council draft resolution demanding humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza2024-02-21
U.S. vetoes Security Council draft resolution demanding humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

IMF upgrades 2024 global growth forecast to 3.1 pct2024-01-31
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday upgraded global growth forecast to 3.1 percent in 2024, 0.2 percentage point higher than the projection last October, according to its newly released World Economic Outlook (WEO) update.

UN chief urges Gaza ceasefire, actions on climate, AI2024-01-18
UN chief urges Gaza ceasefire, actions on climate, AI

UN report predicts slower global economic growth for 20242024-01-05
UN report predicts slower global economic growth for 2024

General Assembly approves UN regular budget for 20242023-12-25
The General Assembly has approved an annual regular budget for the United Nations of about 3.59 billion U.S. dollars, UN News reported on Sunday.

UN Security Council passes resolution to boost humanitarian aid access to Gaza2023-12-23
The UN Security Council on Friday passed a key resolution, emphasizing the immediate acceleration of aid deliveries to the distressed civilians in Gaza, but without the original call for an "urgent suspension of hostilities" between Israel and Hamas.

WHO chief warns no functional hospital exists in north Gaza2023-12-22
The last hospital that can perform surgery in northern Gaza stopped functioning, the World Health Organization's (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday.

COP28 delivers "historic" consensus to accelerate global climate action: president2023-12-14
COP28 delivers "historic" consensus to accelerate global climate action: president

Roundup: UN chief regrets Security Council's failure to demand Gaza ceasefire, U.S. veto widely condemned2023-12-11
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to "press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe" in the Gaza Strip and reiterated his appeal for a ceasefire.

WHO calls for urgent humanitarian aid to Gaza2023-12-11
WHO calls for urgent humanitarian aid to Gaza