Reform, climate, and prevention: Three key themes as UNGA kicks off

Published on November 6, 2023

A new UN General Assembly session has a decidedly ambitious to-do list as a week of high-level meetings kicks off today in New York: Reform the global financial order, avert a climate catastrophe, nip the next pandemic in the bud, and reverse the backslide on the world’s development goals.

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