Environmental issues and sustainable development

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s opening remarks to the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Tunis today:

​​​​​​​Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message to the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Tunis today:

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message for the launch of the reports of the Independent Evaluation of Sustainable Develop Goals (SDGs) 3 and 4, in Abuja, Nigeria today:

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message to the Asia Pacific Forum on “catalysing climate finance and investment flows to ramp up climate action and advance the Sustainable Development Goals”, in Bangkok today:

In Chad, torrential rains have killed 22 people and destroyed more than 2,000 hectares of farmland since June. The United Nations, along with its partners, are supporting the Government in providing emergency assistance of food, shelter, malaria management and other critical help.

Today marks five years since the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force. The Convention protects human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) administers the agreement, which has 137 parties.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Simon Stiell of Grenada as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The appointment has been made after consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau.

The Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) just completed a visit to Kidal, where he met with officials and other stakeholders. Discussions focused on means of improving cooperation and supporting the acceleration of the implementation of the Peace Agreement.

In Senegal, the Food and Agriculture Organization, UN-Women and United Nations Population Fund are helping national authorities tackle the effects of fuel and food price hikes due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and climate change, with a joint programme benefiting over 14,000 food-insecure households in eight regions.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Tree Planting Event, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, today: