The UN Financing for Development Forum meets in New York from 20–25 April - the first session since last year’s Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) conference in Sevilla.
The Forum will be held in a new format. It opens with a ministerial session on reforming the international financial architecture, followed by special dialogues with the Bretton Woods Institutions, and with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The remainder of the programme focuses on mobilising private capital, trade and follow-up to the [...]
This month, the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) almost simultaneously released reports on development finance. The OECD’s data on official development assistance (ODA) for 2025 revealed a dramatic 23.1 percent decline in a single year – the largest drop the world has ever seen.
The fourth round of negotiations on a UN framework convention on tax took place in New York from 2 to 13 February 2026. Discussions focused on establishing common international rules to improve the taxation of multinational corporations and extreme wealth, in line with sustainable development and human rights.
In late January, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres sent a dramatic letter to UN Member States warning about the “imminent financial collapse” of the United Nations Organization. The letter followed earlier warnings that the UN Secretariat might have to reduce expenditure from the regular budget by 15 percent in 2026. This would mean reducing the workforce by about 2,600 staff.
