Ahead of UN summit, countries finalise landmark ‘Compromiso de Sevilla’

Published on June 18, 2025

UN Member States have reached agreement on the outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, to be formally adopted at an upcoming summit in Sevilla, Spain – though without the participation of the United States, which withdrew from the negotiations and announced it will not attend.

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