Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Artjoms Uršuļskis, will represent Latvia at the 4th United Nations (UN) International Conference on Financing for Development, which will take place from 30 June to 3 July 2025 in Seville, Spain. The aim of the conference is to review the current global system for financing sustainable development in order to ensure adequate funding for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Representatives of UN member states, international and civil society organisations, development banks, and the private sector will engage in discussions, jointly seeking solutions to the challenges to sustainable development in recent years – including the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s initiated war against Ukraine, various global conflicts, economic shocks, and climate change.
The Parliamentary Secretary will take part in a roundtable discussion on strengthening domestic resource mobilisation in developing countries.
In preparation for the Seville conference, UN member states have drafted a final outcome document, expressing their commitment to working together to ensure sufficient financing for development. It is expected that this document will be adopted at the conference.
The 3rd UN International Conference on Financing for Development was held in 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.