The preparation phase of the digital euro was aimed at making the digital euro secure, private and easy to use for everyone.
🗓️ Here’s the timeline for the next phase:
➡️ November 2025: the next phase begins – it’s time to build the digital euro!
➡️ 2026: EU legislators decide on the digital euro Regulation.
➡️ 2027: we kick off a pilot project and the first digital euro transactions go live.
➡️ 2029: “Cash or digital euro?” could be the new question when paying.
The digital euro will give you more freedom to choose how you pay, alongside cash.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
03 DAYS TO GO | South Africa has been working with G20 partners and international organisations to bring lasting change to the global economic system.
We have prioritised employment, industrialisation, equality, and building on the multilateral fora, with the United Nations (UN) at its centre.
During our term, we worked to harness the innovation and transformative technologies (including AI) of the Intelligent Age and leverage them to enhance trade and development.
Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)
Join us on November 20 at 4:00 PM ET for the keynote address of the IMF’s 13th Statistical Forum. Adam Posen from the Peterson Institute for International Economics will moderate a conversation with IMF Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke and Dr. Catherine L Mann, External member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England. The keynote address will be followed by closing remarks by Bert Kroese, Director of IMF Statistics Department.
The 13th Statistical Forum is a platform for policymakers, researchers, the private sector, regulators, and compilers of economic and financial data to come together to discuss cutting edge issues in macroeconomic and financial statistics and to build support for statistical improvements.
Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)
Join us on November 19 at 9:00 AM ET for the opening address of the IMF’s 13th Statistical Forum. Simon Johnson, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the keynote speech, followed by a one-on-one discussion with IMF Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke.
The 13th Statistical Forum is a platform for policymakers, researchers, the private sector, regulators, and compilers of economic and financial data to come together to discuss cutting edge issues in macroeconomic and financial statistics and to build support for statistical improvements.
UN Secretary-General, AntĂłnio Guterres, and Omar Alieu Touray, ECOWAS Commission President warn the Security Council of the threat of terrorism in the Sahel spreading to the entire African region.
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Secretary-general/COP30
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– Gaza
– Security Council
– South Sudan
– Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Nigeria
– Haiti
– Hunger Crisis
– International Days
– Briefing
GAZA
We were asked yesterday about the adoption of the resolution on Gaza by the Security Council, and we said that it is an important step in the consolidation of the ceasefire, which the Secretary-General encourages all parties to abide by.
It is essential now to translate the diplomatic momentum into concrete and urgently needed steps on the ground. The United Nations is committed to implementing the roles entrusted to it in the resolution, scaling up humanitarian assistance to meet the needs of civilians in Gaza and supporting all efforts to move the parties toward the next phase of the ceasefire. 
The Secretary-General underlines the importance of moving towards the second phase of the US plan, leading to a political process for the achievement of the two-State solution, in line with previous United Nations resolutions.
SOUTH SUDAN
In South Sudan, a mobile court supported by our mission (UNMISS) concluded its work today in Bunj, in Upper Nile state. The court delivered decisions on 28 serious criminal cases, including murder and sexual and gender-based violence.
UNMISS says that the court convicted 23 people and released 22 others who had been wrongfully detained or had already served their sentences. Led by the country’s judiciary and the Ministry of Justice, the mobile court helped clear a major backlog caused by the absence of a high court judge in the area since 2021. With a permanent judge now deployed to Bunj, justice services are expected to continue.
HAITI
From Haiti, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs tells us that people are fleeing their homes in the commune of Tabarre, in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, following armed attacks last week.
According to the International Organization for Migration, attacks on November 13th and 14th forced more than 600 people from their homes. Most remain in Tabarre, hosted by local families.
These incidents come as the security situation in the capital continues to deteriorate. Attacks in the residential areas of Thomassin and Fermathe – previously considered relatively safe – drove more than 1,800 to seek safety elsewhere.
By the end of October, the number of people displaced by violence had reached 1.4 million – the highest level recorded in the country and up by more than a third from last year.
With insecurity rising, we urge all parties to protect civilians and ensure safe, rapid, unhindered humanitarian access to every community in need.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date=2025-11-18
