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The United Nations’ General Assembly held a High-Level Thematic Debate entitled a “Moment for Nature”, with the goal of keeping the 1.5 degrees target alive, and rapidly accelerate the implementation of the SDGs for sustainable and resilient COVID-19 recoveries. UNIFEED

Under the theme of taking action and inspiring change, the International Day was celebrated through a special event at UN Headquarters in New York, where Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, delivered the keynote address. UNIFEED

Speaking at the Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference in Bali, Indonesia, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Monday said, “we need to do more, especially for the most vulnerable, to incorporate disaster risk in how we live, build, and invest.” UNDRR

The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, said that the world is “facing a perfect storm that threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the launch of the 2022 edition of the Financing for Sustainable Development Report, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “without immediate policy action the window for delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will close. Yet, instead of action, once again we are seeing the countries the least responsible for a crisis paying the highest price.” UNIFEED

Marking International Women’s Day on Tuesday, UN top officials participated in an online event dedicated to the theme “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”. UNIFEED

Closing the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution to End Plastic Pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. UNEP

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said the contribution made at the pledging conference for the reconstruction in Haiti’s southern Peninsula “demonstrate that the international community is committed to a new approach to working with the Government and the people” of Haiti. BINUH

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, arrived in Haiti on Wednesday to join an international event hosted by the Haitian Government aimed at supporting the country’s reconstruction and recovery following a devastating earthquake in August 2021. UN DCO

Upon her return from a five-day trip to Ethiopia, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “trust has been broken in Ethiopia, and we need to find ways to support the country, the leadership, the people find that pathway back to rebuilding that trust and therefore rebuilding peace for their people.” UNIFEED / FILE