SDGs

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed delivers the keynote address at the opening of the 6th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe.
ECA

‘Africa has both the energy and the determination’ to make sustainable development happen, says UN deputy chief

25 February 2020
Africa

The United Nations and the African Union (AU) should do more to ensure all Africans see their futures in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)and the goals of Africa’s Agenda 2063, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Tuesday in Zimbabwe.

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (center) with participants at the special session on youth at 6th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe.
ECA

‘It’s your future to define’, says UN deputy chief, urging young African leaders to push for Global Goals

24 February 2020
Africa

Meeting in Zimbabwe with young leaders from across the African continent,UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday encouraged the lively gathering to “use your youth power, for it’s your future to define”, telling them to use technology effectively to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Mayra Monge has dedicated much of her life to researching and planting native trees in the verdant biodiverse powerhouse of Costa Rica.
UNDP

Biodiversity ‘fundamental’ for global food systems, at “heart’ of development – UN agriculture chief

24 February 2020
Global

Because the production of everything we eat transforms the environment, the United Nations agriculture chief told a high-level UN meeting on biodiversity that careful discussions are needed to decide on the scale of acceptable transformations. 

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed during a visit to Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park to learn first hand the impact of climate change on the habitat, wildlife and people.
Daniel Getachew/UN Photo

UN deputy chief see first-hand toll of climate change on Zimbabwe’s natural habitat

23 February 2020
Africa

Alongside the human population, Africa’s animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed saw first-hand on Sunday in Zimbabwe.

Elephants bathing in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
© Eric Ganz

Ten new migratory species protected under global wildlife agreement

22 February 2020
Global

Asian elephants, jaguars and great Indian bustards were among 10 new species added to a global wildlife agreement on Saturday. 

Worker doing maintenance in Mozambique.
World Bank/Eric Miller

On World Social Justice Day, the UN labour agency  says ‘put people and planet first'

20 February 2020
Global

Reduce inequality around the world, the United Nations labour agency urged on Thursday, World Social Justice Day.

Representatives and participants from more than 80 countries at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety taking place in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mikael Ullén

At Stockholm road safety summit, UN officials join global call to end ‘scourge’ of preventable deaths

19 February 2020
Global

Road traffic accidents take some 1.35 million lives every year and cost most countries three per cent of their gross domestic product, the top UN health official said on Wednesday as the Third Global Ministerial Conference On Road Safety kicked off in Stockholm, Sweden.

Eight grade students of Ami Chandra Memorial School in Lautoka, Viti Levu, Fiji.
© UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin

Amid global ‘learning crisis’, Parliaments can ensure adequate resources for education, says UN Assembly President

17 February 2020
Global

Education is the “great equalizer” and Parliaments have a major role to play in scaling up action to ensure that adequate financial resources are allocated to education, girls’ education and technical and vocational training throughout in national budgetary processes, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Monday.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, addressing the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9 February, 2020.
Daniel Getachew

AU Summit: Guterres calls for ‘collective, comprehensive, coordinated’ response to challenges facing Africa

9 February 2020
Africa

The challenges facing African nations are “complex, multi-faceted and far-reaching" but a “collective, comprehensive and coordinated” response by the global community will build on the momentum that already exists to help the continent thrive, the UN chief told the African Union Summit on Sunday.