"SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS"

The triple threat of climate change, loss of nature and pollution requires the world to deliver on its commitment to restore at least one billion degraded hectares of land in the next decade - an area about the size of China states in a new report launched today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). UNTV CH

The President of the General Assembly convenes a high-level thematic debate on the ocean and Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water, with the support of the Governments of Portugal and Kenya – co-hosts of the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference, as well as H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Ocean, to generate momentum towards the Conference in Lisbon, when public health safety measures allow.

The President of the General Assembly convenes a high-level thematic debate on the ocean and Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water, with the support of the Governments of Portugal and Kenya – co-hosts of the 2nd United Nations Ocean Conference, as well as H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Ocean, to generate momentum towards the Conference in Lisbon, when public health safety measures allow.

The world must harness “clear, transformative and actionable solutions” to address the ocean crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly said, opening a meeting to generate momentum towards the 2022 UN Ocean Conference. UNIFEED

Speakers in General Assembly urge Israel, Hamas to use ceasefire as opportunity for reopening dialogue, addressing root causes of conflict.

Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council expresses concern about devastating impact of COVID-19 on Africa, urges greater cooperation.

General Assembly declares 2022 International Year of Glass, adopts 4 texts on Aral Sea region, financing for Darfur mission.

WHO’s Chief Nursing Officer, Elizabeth Iro, and the Chief Executive of the International Confederation of Midwives Dr. Sally Pairman brief the press on the State of the World’s Midwifery 2021, jointly released by WHO, the UN Population Fund and International Confederation of Midwives.

Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year, according to the 2021 State of World’s Midwifery report issued by UNFPA, WHO, International Confederation of Midwives and partners, which evaluates the midwifery workforce and related health resources in 194 countries. UNIFEED

Mr. Dominique Burgeon, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Mr. Arif Husain, WFP’s Chief Economist, brief the press on the launch of the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises.