World News in Brief: UNCTAD development finance call, Nepal quake update, religious freedom in Nicaragua

By UN News

Nov 07, 2023 8:53 am

The world risks failing the 880 million people living the world's Least Developed Countries if soaring debt and a chronic lack of international funds prevent them from getting ahead.

That's the message from the UN's trade and development body UNCTAD, which called on Tuesday for urgent reform of the international financial system to support the world's 46 Least Developed Countries.

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The world risks failing the 880 million people living the world's Least Developed Countries if soaring debt and a chronic lack of international funds prevent them from getting ahead.

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