Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister and minister of finance, speaks with reporters at the Red River College Polytech research centre in Winnipeg. She is introduced by college president Fred Meier. The minister faces questions about unemployment and labour shortages in Canada
COMMON AGENDA
The Secretary-General, Anotion Guterres, briefed Member States on three of his policy briefs under Our Common Agenda. The three briefs deal with the topics of: reform of the international financial architecture, moving beyond Gross Domestic Product and the Global Digital Compact.
The Secretary-General said the three briefs provide ideas on how we can revitalize the multilateral system; accelerate efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals; and keep global temperature rise to the 1.5 degree limit of the Paris Agreement.
He stressed that the briefs are meant to serve as inspiration for deliberations and decisions which are in the hands of Member States, as they prepare for the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in September and the Summit of the Future next year.
“What matters is that we take action to tackle new and emerging challenges in a way that delivers for all, restoring trust in international cooperation and each other,” Mr. Guterres added.
SECURITY COUNCIL
Abdou Abarry, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head the UN office for Central Africa, briefed the Security Council today.
He started on a positive note, saying the region has more opportunities and resources than challenges, noting that the preference shown by most States in the sub-region is for dialogue to resolve tensions peacefully – quoting the dialogue between the Central African Republic and Chad, as well as the mobilization of States from the region to resolve the crisis in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
But, Mr. Abarry added, the impact of the Sudanese crisis on Chad and the Central African Republic remind us of the urgent need to adopt a holistic approach to peace and security in the Central Africa subregion.
He paid tribute to the solidarity and generosity shown by the two countries, which have already taken thousands of Sudanese refugees, adding that without a rapid and peaceful resolution to the conflict in Sudan, the impacts will be disastrous for Sudan, but also for all the countries in the Lake Chad Basin region.
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