"AMINA J. MOHAMMED"

With COVID-19 exposing the fault-lines of education systems globally, more than 130 countries committed to rebooting their education systems and accelerating action to end the learning crisis, at the UN Transforming Education Summit. UNIFEED

Little Amal, the giant puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl on Friday visited the United Nations ahead of the Transforming Education Summit and met with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. UNIFEED

The Transforming Education Summit kicked off at the UN headquarters in New York with the Mobilization Day, where the Secretary-General received the first ever Youth Declaration on Transforming Education, the result of the participation of almost half a million children and young people from over 170 countries. UNIFEED

Briefing reporters on the upcoming Transforming Education Summit, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said piecemeal change is “no longer an option” and stressed that the Summit offers a “once in a generation opportunity for us to radically transform education making it fit for purpose.” UNIFEED

The United Nations lowered its flag at the headquarters in New York to honor the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. UNIFEED

The first United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism, organized by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), kicked off in New York under the theme of “Advancing the Rights and Needs of Victims of Terrorism”. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The United Nations’ General Assembly held a High-Level Thematic Debate entitled a “Moment for Nature”, with the goal of keeping the 1.5 degrees target alive, and rapidly accelerate the implementation of the SDGs for sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recoveries. UNIFEED

Under the theme of taking action and inspiring change, the International Day was celebrated through a special event at UN Headquarters in New York, where Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, delivered the keynote address. UNIFEED

Speaking at the Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday said, “we need to do more, especially for the most vulnerable, to incorporate disaster risk in how we live, build, and invest.” UNDRR