"AMINA J. MOHAMMED"

Hybrid Press Conference: UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed following the conclusion of the High-level week of the 78th session of the General Assembly

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed said having only one out of the five leaders of the permanent members of the Security Council attend the General Assembly’s General Debate was “disappointing,” and added that “we might have had more commitments that would have been tangible had they been here on many of the SDGs.” UNIFEED

World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis have approved a Political Declaration with ambitious new targets for the next five years to advance the global efforts towards ending the TB epidemic. UNIFEED

World leaders approved a new Political Declaration on “Universal Health Coverage (UHC): expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world”. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization welcomed today’s “historic” commitment shown by global leaders, at the UN General Assembly, when they approved a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. UNIFEED

The UN headquarters in New York hosted “Breaking out of the bubble. The Halftime Show”, a special event with musical guests and speakers to inspire audiences to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNIFEED

Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohamed said, “the stakes are high” and “regional pressures are immense” for Chad, a country that “has opened its arms to hundreds of thousands of people that are fleeing violence in Sudan, on top of an existing refugee and displaced population.” UNIFEED

World leaders arrived at the SDG Summit in New York to urgently step up efforts to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 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 with the UN Deputy Secretary-General to preview the SDG Summit and High-Level Week of UNGA78.