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UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed urged leaders in Somalia to prioritize the full implementation of the electoral agreement, to establish concrete mechanism to implement the 30 per cent quota of women’s participation, and to strengthen efforts for women’s protection from violence. UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Realizing women’s 30 per cent quota, political participation in Somalia ‘a game changer’ for sustainable peace, Deputy Secretary-General tells Security Council.

During the closing of the UN Food Systems Summit on Friday, the Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said "the results of this summit will inject energy to accelerate action on transforming food systems around the world that can better position our world to recover better from COVID-19 and achieve our shared vision of the 2030 agenda." UNIFEED

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said, “I was targeted for speaking out for girls education, and it proved to me that the Taliban was scared of the voice of women and girls. They did not want to hear women and girls speak out for equality, and they did not want to see women being educated.” UNIFEED

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

Food Systems Summit convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Hybrid press briefing on the UN Food Systems Summit with the Deputy Secretary-General and panelists.

“We are convinced that we have generated a new momentum for the recovery from COVID that is oriented towards achieving the SDGs and the world that really is free of hunger,” the UN Deputy-Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Thursday. UNIFEED

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), the General Assembly is holding a high-level meeting, at the level of Heads of States and Governments, on the theme "Reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent."