UN deputy chief warns of faltering progress towards SDGs
“Let me be frank: we are not doing well. Our progress towards the SDGs has faltered and even gone into reverse on some important targets and Goals, leaving many behind,”…
In Lebanon, UN deputy chief explores first-hand, challenges facing children and persons with special needs
She added: “We want to make sure that street children are an issue of the past. That’s what we will be working for day-in and day-out.” Recognizing the unprecedented economic…
The LDC graduation pathway must not disrupt overall sustainable development, says UN deputy chief
She was speaking during the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), in Doha, Qatar, where other participants stressed that graduation from LDC category must be sustainable and…
In Niger, UN deputy chief highlights power of partnership to forge schools for the future
Amina Mohammed was visiting the École Pays-Bas, in a suburb of the capital Niamey, which less than two years ago, burned to the ground, after the straw it was made…
On World Day of Social Justice, deeper dialogue across ‘real economy’ can drive progress, UN deputy chief says
“We must develop fairer, more balanced policies that generate the political buy-in to drive change,” Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said in a video message. “What is also needed is a…
Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief
The so-called UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment is the first global follow-up to a 2021 summit convened to change how the world produces, consumes and thinks about food. The high-level…
UN deputy chief reminds Taliban: Islam does not ban women from education
Traveling with UN Women chief Sima Bahous, and other senior officials, she told journalists on Thursday that she had informed Taliban leaders that a society based on exclusion and repression…