Smart fiscal policies and minimum wages set well above the cost of living top the list of strategies countries can use to improve their populations’ health, happiness and overall well-being, said delegates today as the fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development continued.
Inequality has become a defining issue of the present time that must be addressed through social protection policies, including progressive taxation in favour of low-income families as well as public spending to support vulnerable populations, delegates told the opening of the fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development today.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks at the Data Talks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks to the United Nations World Data Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the event “Time to Act on Global Mental Health: Building Momentum on Mental Health in the Sustainable Development Goal” era, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, at the General Assembly high-level meeting on tuberculosis, in New York today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the high-level event “Breaking the cycle between conflict and hunger – working towards sustainable peace and food security”, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the World Conference on Science Literacy, in Beijing today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the ministerial breakfast in conjunction with the United Kingdom at the Global Disability Summit, in London today:
