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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Economic and Social Council Operational Activities for Development Segment, Session V, titled, “Revitalizing the United Nations development system’s funding architecture:  Towards a Compact”, in New York today:

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Economic and Social Council operational activities for development segment titled “In support of the field: a reinvigorated, impartial and independent Resident Coordinator system”, in New York today:

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Against a backdrop of an ongoing “mega-trend” of ageing and its myriad challenges across many regions, there was no time to waste in protecting the world’s oldest persons, the Commission for Social Development heard today during a high-level panel discussion on how much States could do to protect their elders.