United Nations Economic and Social Council

BELGRADE - The IMF Executive Board decided on Monday the fourth and last review of the implementation of the current stand-by arrangement concluded with Serbia in December 2022 for a period of 24 months has been completed successfully, and approved a three-year Policy Coordination Instrument, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has said.

A Memorandum of Cooperation for the support of children’s rights in Greece has been signed by the University of Thessaly and UNICEF. In the framework of the cooperation between the two institutions, the establishment of a Centre for the Rights of the Child, based at the University in Volos, is being inaugurated.

According to UNICEF, at least 2,406 children have been killed or injured in the war in Ukraine, with verified reports marking nearly 1,000 days since the conflict began. This toll includes 659 children killed and 1,747 injured, averaging at least 16 children harmed each week.

A bill ratifying International Monetary Fund quota increases for member-countries was approved in the Greek Parliament's Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday, and was tabled in the plenary on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said Serbia would succeed in keeping its fiscal deficit below 3 pct over the course of a new three-year arrangement with the IMF and complete all planned projects.

BELGRADE - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached staff-level agreement with the Serbian authorities on the fourth and final review under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) and on a successor 36-month Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) request, the IMF announced in a statement on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia continues significant economic reforms that will enable macroeconomic stability in the country, Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Tuesday at a meeting with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation led by Mission Head Donal McGettigan.

The delegation is in Belgrade for a fourth - and final - review under Serbia's current standby arrangement with the IMF.

Turkish parliament has received a presidential decree approving the establishment of a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) global office in Istanbul.

The agency will relocate to the Istanbul office its key operations, including human resources, emergency operations and major finance and administration units.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to loan Pakistan $7 billion to bolster its faltering economy, approving a relief package the government said would not have been possible without the support of China.

Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly 6 million children across southeast Asia, the U.N. said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster rose.

Typhoon Yagi brought powerful winds and torrential rainfall to Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar when it swept across the region almost two weeks ago.