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4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Ten years after the adoption of the Addis Ababa Agenda on Financing for Development, the UN will bring together its 193 Member States in July 2025 for an international conference on financing for development in Seville.

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) represents a unique opportunity to reform financing at all levels, including by boosting the reform of the international financial architecture, and to address the challenges that are holding back the urgent investment needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The FFD4 Conference will be held at the FIBES Exhibition

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Consultative Status of the ECOSOC

NGOs in consultative status can:
· Attend international conferences and events;
· Make written and oral statements at these events;
· Organize side events;
· Enter United Nations premises; and
· Have opportunities to network and lobby.

The World Eco-Design Organization (UN Consultative Status NGO) was successfully granted Special Consultative Status by the ECOSOC in 2021 because of the increasing number of cooperation achievements. “The Special Consultative Status” is a significant symbol of worldwide recognition for an NGO, it signifies that the World Eco-Design Organization (UN Consultative Status NGO)is eligible to provide industrial report and data to the United Nations, and effectively engage in ecological issues of the globe, and facilitate exchange and mutual learning in the field of eco-design.

The World Eco-Design Organizatiom will comply with the UN Charter, and purposes and principles of the UN, take initiatives to engage in relevant activities of NGOs of the UN, and carry out work briefing to the Committee on NGOs of the ECOSOC every 4 years, illustrate the supporting conditions of the organization to the works of the UN, and actively explore cooperative partnerships with the UN organizations.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.9 points in April to 86, its lowest reading since May 2020. Nearly one-third of consumers expect hiring to slow in the coming months, nearly matching the level reached in April 2009, when the economy was mired in the Great Recession.

A survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center

The figures reflect a rapidly souring mood among Americans, most of whom expect prices to rise because of the widespread tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. About half of Americans are also worried about the potential for a recession, according to a survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center.

Impact of tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as anxiety over the impact of tariffs takes a heavy toll.