Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the leadership dialogue of the United Nations Environment Assembly: “Strengthening actions for nature to achieve the sustainable development goals”, in Nairobi today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the official opening of the high-level segment of the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, in Nairobi today:
According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, more than 400 civilian casualties in Ukraine have been reported since the conflict began, including more than 100 deaths. The real figure could be considerably higher, as many reported casualties have yet to be confirmed.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the closing of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Wildlife Day, observed on 3 March:
Some 14.6 million Syrians need humanitarian assistance in 2022, the Syria Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022 says, 9 per cent more than in 2021. More households are turning to negative ways of coping, including child labour, child marriage and the sale of productive assets.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António video message to the conference “Energizing the world while preserving the planet”, in Lisbon today:
Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, and urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report identifies and offers solutions to those and other environmental issues.
Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message to the League of Arab States for Arab Sustainable Development Week, in Cairo today:
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Only one in three science and engineering researchers in the world is a woman. In his message, the Secretary-General says that this inequality is depriving our world of enormous untapped talent and innovation.
