"JUSTIN TRUDEAU"

At the closing of the UN SDG Summit, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Now is the time to lift the declaration’s words off the page, and invest in development at scale like never before.” UNIFEED

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “people around the world are feeling massive anxiety,” and it is “a moment where the world needs to take stock of where we are” with regards to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNIFEED

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, said, “Putin’s behavior only goes to show that his invasion is failing.” UNIFEED

World leaders started arriving at United Nations Headquarters for the 77th session of the General Assembly’s General Debate, after two years of virtual and hybrid summits wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. UNIFEED

Opening the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) Moment in New York, UN Secretary-General said the meeting happens “at a critical point" in the world and urged countries to take more action. UNIFEED

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

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED / FILE

At the opening of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, UN chief Antonio Guterres called for greater ambition on mitigation and immediate concrete action to reduce global emissions by 45 per cent by 2030. He told world leaders, “Enough treating nature like a toilet,” adding, “We are digging our own graves.” UNIFEED

Hybrid press briefing by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, along with the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, following the High-Level Meeting with Heads of State and Government on the International Debt Architecture and Liquidity - Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond Initiative.