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Stephane Dujarric
Finance
The world economy will slow further off its pre-COVID pace in 2024, UN projects
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2024
Shantanu Mukherjee, Director of Economic Analysis and Policy Division
Finance
U.N. forecasts worse than expected global economic growth slowdown to 2.4% this year from an estimated 2.7% in 2023
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2024
Red Sea
Politics
The Red Sea attacks are adding 10 extra days—and inflation—to 15% of all international trade, American ambassador tells UN
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressJanuary 4, 2024
Palestinians crowded together as they wait for food distribution
Politics
Israel’s siege of Gaza shrank Palestinian GDP 4% in one month, U.N. report says. If war continues, it could set Palestinian territories back 19 years
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressNovember 10, 2023
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
Environment
‘Full benefits of nuclear energy’ must be part of the plan to tackle climate change, says U.N. nuclear chief
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressNovember 9, 2023
Riyad Mansour
Politics
UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressOctober 28, 2023
Antonio Guterres
Environment
UN chief sees a world ‘becoming unhinged’ and a completely absent leadership: ‘we seem incapable of coming together to respond’
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressSeptember 19, 2023
Antonio Guterres
Finance
UN chief rips IMF and World Bank for ‘glaring failure’ during pandemic—and ‘bias and injustice built into the current international financial architecture’
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressJune 17, 2023
Antonio Guterres
Tech
UN chief terrified of AI becoming a ‘monster’ of hate and lies because tech firms care more about engagement than human rights
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressJune 12, 2023
UN chief wants to tackle the ‘monster’ of digital disinformation by creating a code of conduct for tech companies
Tech
UN chief wants to tackle the ‘monster’ of digital disinformation by creating a code of conduct for tech companies
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressJune 12, 2023
David Beasley
Environment
‘It’s not too much to ask some of the multibillionaires to step up and help’: Outgoing UN official rips inaction from pandemic profiteers
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressApril 1, 2023
Gender equality won’t be achieved for another 300 years at the current pace of progress, UN secretary-general says
MPW
Gender equality won’t be achieved for another 300 years at the current pace of progress, UN secretary-general says
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressMarch 6, 2023
Antonio Guterres
Environment
Rising seas are a ‘death sentence’ for some nations and will shake ‘mega-cities on every continent,’ UN chief says
By Edith M. Lederer, Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressFebruary 15, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech
Tech
North Korean hackers have stolen up to $1 billion in virtual assets according to the UN: ‘A record-breaking year’
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2023
Antonio Guterres
Economy
The UN is worried about a ‘broad-based and severe slowdown’ of the global economy in 2023
By Edith M. Lederer and The Associated PressJanuary 26, 2023
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