Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)
Will stablecoins play an important role in payments? We contribute novel empirical evidence on this question using high-frequency changes in the stock prices of incumbent payment firms around the passage of major stablecoin legislation.
Speaker
Alex Copestake, Research Department, IMF
Source: United Nations (video statements)
Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, warming faster than the global average and facing disproportionate climate impacts despite contributing the least to global greenhouse gas emissions. This is particularly evident in the growing pressures that climate change is placing on water resources and systems across the continent. As water underpins agriculture, livelihoods, ecosystems, and energy production, water-related climate impacts are deepening inequalities and threatening sustainable development across Africa.
African youth are driving critical climate innovations, advancing practical solutions, and changing the continent’s climate future. This dialogue aims to spotlight Africa’s youth innovators at the forefront of addressing climate change impacts, highlighting their leadership in building resilient communities, strengthening water security, and advancing global climate solutions.
Moderator
Damon Hamman, Graduate Student, New York University, Centre for Global Affairs.
SPEAKERS
Ms. Eugenia Boateng, Founder and Executive Director of African Diaspora Youth Hub, FABA (For Africa, By Africa) Institute
Mr. Jabri Ibrahim, UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Mr. Sibusiso Mazomba, UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change
Source: United Nations (video statements)
Briefing by Anita Kiki Gbeho, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, on Sudan and South Sudan – Security Council, 10139th meeting.
Presenting the report, the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS, Anita Kiki Gbeho, said, the operating environment in South Sudan “has become more complex,” since the last mandate renewal.
Gbeho said, “political tensions, escalating security incidents and humanitarian pressures increasingly reinforce one another. Economic stress, climate related shocks, and the spill-over from the conflict in Sudan compound these challenges.”
She told the Council the security situation “remains deeply concerning, as “fighting between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement / Army in Opposition, particularly in Jonglei, has intensified, and in some cases been accompanied by inflammatory rhetoric.”
Civilians, Gbeho said, “continue to bear the brunt.”
She stressed that “challenges facing South Sudan cannot be resolved through military means,” and added that “sustained political pathway anchored in inclusive dialogue remains essential.”
Gbeho said, “as the Security Council deliberates on the renewal of the UN mandate, it is important to recognise the dilemma we collectively face. The scale and urgency of needs on the ground are not yet matched by the type of sustained commitment and investment required to meet the ambition of sustainable path to peace.”
Source: United Nations (video statements)
At this critical juncture for our ocean, endurance swimmer and UNEP Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh joins the Executive Director of UNEP Inger Andersen for a powerful conversation on the state of the seas.
From the frontlines of polar swims to high-level environmental negotiations, they explore the urgent priorities for UNOC-3 — from plastic pollution and marine biodiversity to blue finance and the 30×30 global commitment. With insights from Pugh’s headline-making Shark Swim campaign and UNEP’s science-backed strategies, this session challenges world leaders to match the ocean’s resilience with bold, immediate action to secure a sustainable future for all.
Speakers:
– Lewis Pugh, UNEP Patron of the Oceans
– Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP
Moderator:
– Martina Donlon, Officer-in-Charge, Sustainable Development Section, UN Department of Global Communications
Join us during the UN Ocean Conference from June 9-13 and hear about the transformation and solutions needed to accelerate action on the SDGs.
The Conference aims to drive urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Ocean science, pollution, fishing, maritime transport, biodiversity, financing and cooperation are among the issues to be tackled.
Organized by the UN Department of Global Communications, the SDG Media Zone takes the conversation out of the policy sphere and into the public discourse through impactful in-depth interviews and conversations on global issues that matter to people everywhere.
Source: EveningReport.nz (Video Podcasts)
The End of the Liberal Internationalist Order & Rise of IL-Liberalism
A deep dive with: Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning
The topics to discuss are:
– A Global Transition Process – What is this exactly and Why is this happening?
– Why is conflict used as a global systems regulator and agent of change? And what does this mean for 2026?
– The US has been the core of two pillars of liberal internationalism – its security system and system of trade.
– Why then has the US decided to break the very system it has benefitted from and risk advancing its own demise?
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Cyril Ramaphosa concluding media wrap up interview on the working visit to the Kingdom of Spain where he participated at the In Defence of Democracy Initiative at the Fira de Barcelona.
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Source: United Nations (video statements)
The United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum took place from 14 to 16 April 2026 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Forum focused on transformative, equitable, innovative, and coordinated actions to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
UN Video interviewed four of the UN Youth Office’s Reference Group during the Forum.
For more: https://www.un.org/youthaffairs/en/youth-reference-group
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
President Cyril Ramaphosa partcipates in the 4th In Defence of Democracy Initiative in Fira de Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain
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Source: United Nations (video statements)
A sustainable and inclusive future depends on achieving inclusive economic growth and decent work for all. Yet young people aged 15 to 24 continue to face persistent barriers to accessing meaningful and productive employment. This session will highlight the bold, innovative ways in which young advocates are leading change to ensure that every young person can access productive employment, regardless of gender, income, or socio‑economic background.
Moderator
Bora Kamwanya, Vice-President, Pan African Youth Union
Speakers
Puneet Singh Singhal, Co-founder of Billion Strong and member of UN Youth Office Reference Group
Lindsey Huahuamullo, Founder of ImpactaYA and member of UN Youth Office Reference Group
Source: United Nations (video statements)
The Poet Laureate of Barbados, Ms. Esther Phillips, and Ms. Shahaddah Jack, the first Youth Poet Laureate of Toronto, participated in the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. While there, they sat down in a UNTV studio to reflect on the power of poetry and art in confronting history, honoring memory, and demanding justice.
The conversation was organized by the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery.
