Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level segment of the fifteenth Conference of the Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Montreal today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the launch of the Small Island Developing States Coalition for Nature, in Montreal today:

In Afghanistan, the United Nations team there continues to support women since the Taliban takeover a year and a half ago. In 2022, the International Labour Organization (ILO) created and sustained nearly 1,700 jobs for women and trained almost 470 women on entrepreneurship and decent work practices.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the fifteenth Conference of the Parties’ high-level ministerial breakfast on biodiversity and gender, in Montreal today:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

In Sudan, where humanitarian needs are at a record high, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Khardiata Lo Ndiaye, today launched the 2023 appeal for $1.7 billion in aid. An estimated 15.8 million people, one third of the population, will need life-saving assistance next year, up 1.5 million from 2022.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the 2022 Effective Development Cooperation Summit, in Geneva today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the briefing to Member States, in Geneva today:

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the country’s Government today signed the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation framework 2023-2027 to plan and implement United Nations activities in-country in support of the 2030 Agenda.

A report by the International Labour Organization, United Nations Environment Programme and International Union for Conservation of Nature notes that 20 million jobs could be created by harnessing the power of nature to address challenges such as climate change, disaster risk and food and water insecurity.