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“The headlines of the last few days should shake us all. Russia is attacking Ukraine more and more brutally. We are seeing the worst attacks since the beginning of the war. Every day, people are killed and injured. Every day, fear. For more than three years now, Ukraine has been fighting for its freedom, for democracy, but also for our security, for Europe. Germany stands in solidarity with Ukraine. Ukraine can count on our support.”

Germany will continue to support global efforts to protect people from preventable diseases. Today in Brussels, at the replenishment conference for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan will pledge a total of 600 million euros for the period up to 2030.

The German-Ukraine Municipal Partnership Network has grown from 70 to 250 partnerships since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine began in 2022. Around 700 mayors, city councillors and district leaders from Germany, Ukraine and other European countries are meeting in Münster today. The conference is being organised by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the City of Münster.

Today is the final day of the second Hamburg Sustainability Conference. German Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan, who opened the Conference on Monday, has exchanged ideas with partners from all over the world on how to make international climate action work, use artificial intelligence responsibly and build a just world economy. Participants have formed numerous alliances on these and other sustainability issues.

Just a few months after its launch, the Hamburg Sustainability Platform (HSP), an initiative of public and private institutions is laying the foundation for truly scaling private investment for sustainable development in emerging markets and developing countries. [...] Signing a joint declaration of intent at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2025, the HSP reaffirmed their joint commitment to remove structural obstacles that so far stood in the way of mobilizing large-scale investments.

Dr Bärbel Kofler, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has set off on a five-day trip to Côte d'Ivoire where the 60th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) will begin today. The election of a new AfDB President will be a key focus of the conference. The election is especially important as the continent is facing tremendous challenges, such as crisis-induced upheavals, the United States’ withdrawal from many areas of development cooperation, displacement and forced migration in Africa, and advancing climate change.