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LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Geneva presentation of the Financing for Sustainable Development Re
 port 2023
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report was issu
 ed by the UN Secretary-General&#039\;s Inter-Agency Task Force on Financin
 g for Development. UNCTAD is one of the main stakeholders of the IATF and
  is a main contributor to the annual report\, which finds that SDG financi
 ng needs are growing\, but development financing is not keeping pace.\n\nT
 he war in Ukraine\, sharp increases in food and energy prices\, and rapidl
 y tightening financial conditions have increased hunger and poverty and re
 versed progress on the SDGs. If left unaddressed\, a “great finance divi
 de” will translate into a lasting sustainable development divide.\n\nSta
 keholders must maintain a long-term focus on resilient and inclusive devel
 opment\, while addressing near-term crises. Delaying investment in sustain
 able transformations is not an option – not only because it would put th
 e 2030 Agenda and climate targets out of reach\, but also because it would
  exacerbate financing challenges down the line.\n\nThe world is at a cross
 roads. The international community must deliver on the outstanding promise
  of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda\, deliver sustainable transformations\, 
 and achieve the SDGs.\n\nThe Geneva presentation of the report will highli
 ght the report&#039\;s main messages and recent trends in sustainable deve
 lopment finance.\n\nPedro Manuel Moreno\, Deputy-Secretary-General of the 
 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development\, and Navid Hanif\, Ass
 istant-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs\, United Nations 
 Department for Economic and Social Affairs\, will make opening remarks\, f
 ollowed by presentations from panellists.\n\nPanelists:\n\n\nMs. Miho Shir
 otori\, Head\, Trading Systems\, Services and Creative Economy\, will inte
 rvene on trade as an engine for development\n \nMs. Daniela Prates\, Seni
 or Economist\, Debt and Development Finance\, will intervene on debt and d
 ebt sustainability\n \nMr. Ángel Gonzalez-Sanz\, Head\, Science\, Techno
 logy and ICT\, will intervene on science\, technology and innovation and c
 apacity-building\n \nMs. Amelia Santos-Paulino\, Chief\, Investment Issue
 s\, will intervene on domestic and international private business and fin
 ance\n \n\n\nAttendees will be able to ask questions to the panellists af
 ter their presentations.\nhttps://desapublications.un.org/publications/fin
 ancing-sustainable-development-report-2023\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\n
 https://unctad.org/meeting/geneva-presentation-financing-sustainable-devel
 opment-report-2023
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