Good morning. As the IMF and World Bank meetings get underway this week in Washington DC, we’re covering the UN’s call to global finance chiefs to help debt-burdened developing countries.

Plus, the the head of the UN refugee agency is warning of ‘severe cuts’ without new funding, and Sudan’s bid to join the Human Rights Council is being strongly opposed by a group of NGOs.

11.10.2022

On our radar

An activist holds a placard during a demonstration in Makati, Metro Manila on September 7, 2022, to express solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka as they continue to suffer from acute fuel and food shortages. (Credit: Keystone/AFP/Jam Sta Rosa))

💸 Fifty-four developing countries in need of urgent debt relief, UN warns. The United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday called on global financial leaders meeting in Washington DC to come to the aid of dozens of crisis-hit developing countries in need of debt relief amid escalating living costs and the impending risk of a global recession.

Geneva Solutions (EN)

Here's what else is happening

✂️UN refugee boss warns of 'severe cuts' without immediate new funding in a speech to member states in Geneva on Monday.
Reuters (EN)
🛑Bureaucracy and refugees: Bern neglects Afghan woman who worked for Swiss NGOs.
Tribune de Genève (EN)
🇸🇩NGOs urge UN members to block Sudan’s bid for the Human Rights Council.
Dabanga Sudan (EN)
🌾UN aid chief ‘reasonably confident’ on extension of Ukraine grain deal ahead of meeting in Moscow this month.
Reuters (EN)
🏟️ Tout un Monde: why are international sporting events being entrusted to authoritarian regimes?
RTS (EN)

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