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.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the fifty-sixth session of the Commission for Social Development, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message for the Tenth Peace and Sport International Forum: Sport Innovation for Social Transformation, in Monaco today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Ministerial Conference on Ageing, in Lisbon on 22 September:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on Financing the Future: Education for All, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on Financing the Future: Education for All, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event on universal health coverage, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the launch of the Fez Plan of Action, in New York today:
Secretary-General António Guterres will launch the first-ever action plan designed specifically to enable religious leaders to prevent incitement to violence — the Plan of Action for Religious Leaders and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes — in a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Concluding its fifty-fifth session today, the Commission for Social Development approved without a vote three draft resolutions for adoption by the Economic and Social Council that addressed issues of African development, youth and the rights of persons with disabilities.
