The Deputy Secretary-General, Alexander De Croo, traveled to Paris for a G7 development meeting, calling for targeted measures towards vulnerable populations and coordinated action by wealthy countries.
The war in the Middle East is also hitting developing countries hard. After six weeks of conflict, the United Nations estimated that 32 million people were at risk of falling into poverty by the end of the year. We are now nine weeks into the conflict. The longer the situation continues, the greater the danger that the effects of the crisis will move from an acute to a sustainable phase. “This conflict is development going backwards,” warns Alexander De Croo, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, at Le Figaro. “Many progress made in economic development, eradication of poverty, and infant mortality over the past decades are fading after a few weeks of war,” emphasizes the administrator of the UN Development Program (UNDP).
The former Belgian Prime Minister participated in a G7 development ministers’ meeting in Paris on Wednesday and Thursday. “One of the key topics of discussion…[continues]
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