"ACHIM STEINER"

The UN chief António Guterres urged governments, businesses, civil society, young people and activists to “think big and be ambitious,” reiterating that “this is the time for transformation — with all hands on deck. Let’s get the SDGs back on track.” UNIFEED

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “the one framework that no one argues but everyone can see themselves in,” are “good for people, good for the planet that we live on.” UNIFEED

Press briefing on the launch of the annual Energy Compact progress report and preview of High Impact Initiative event on SDG Acceleration Day.

Press briefing with the UN Deputy Secretary-General to preview the SDG Summit and High-Level Week of UNGA78.

Press Conference by Achim Steiner, UN Development Programme Administrator and David Gressly, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, on the FSO Safer oil tanker.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator, Achim Steiner, announced that “at 6 pm local time the pumps were turned off on the FSO Safer,” and said, “we have reached a milestone and perhaps one of the most significant preventative actions taken in recent years.” UNIFEED

The United Nations successfully completed the transfer of more than 1.1 million barrels of oil from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, preventing the immediate threat of a massive spill off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. BOSKALIS / UNDP / UNITED NATIONS

The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast began early morning Tuesday. It is aimed to remove more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying vessel. UNDP / Boskalis

The United Nations has started pumping oil off the decaying vessel FSO Safer, moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, averting a potential spill and environmental disaster, UN officials informed. UNIFEED