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UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a “coalition of the world” to overcome divisions, provide hope in place of turmoil. UNIFEED

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

Speaking at the Transforming Education Summit, Executive Director of UNICEF, Catherine Russell said, “it's absolutely clear that children, especially the most marginalized children, that’s girls, that’s children with disabilities, children living in humanitarian crises, are facing a true crisis in education.” UNIFEED

Addressing Leaders Day at the Transforming Education Summit taking place at UN Headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “instead of being the great enabler, education is fast becoming a great divider,” and called for a “new vision for education in the 21st century.” UNIFEED

Ahead of the 77th session of the General Assembly’s General Debate, Secretary-General António Guterres said that faced with geopolitical divisions, climate change, pandemics and high levels of inequality, “we need unity. We need cooperation, we need dialogue. And the present geopolitical divides are not allowing it to happen.” 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

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

Resolutions on peacebuilding, sustaining peace, United Nations youth office, among texts adopted by General Assembly.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

Briefing by Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.