The World Bank and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

The 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 77) convened on September 13, 2022 and will run through September 26, 2022. This year’s event is focusing on maintaining international peace and security, tackling the climate crisis, fighting the ongoing pandemic, ensuring the delivery of humanitarian aid on a record scale, advancing education and skills development and reforming the global financial system. The World Bank Group is proud to join leaders from around the world to discuss these pressing development issues and work with its global partners to find solutions to these challenges. Read the President’s Remarks at Transforming Education Summit.

IN FOCUS - Immersive: Learning in Crisis: Prioritizing education & effective policies to recover lost learning

Children around the world have lost an enormous amount of classroom time. At the peak in April 2020, it is estimated that pandemic-related school closures disrupted education for over 1.6 billion children. Education is playing a pivotal role during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Read the immersive story.