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Step up investment to end violence against women and girls: UN deputy chief

·November 26, 2023·1 min read

Such investment is not just practical but transformative, she said in a video message to the official UN commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, held in New York on Wednesday. “Investment in prevention is to invest in our collective well-being,” she said. “It means...

World must pass ‘AI stress test’, UK Deputy PM says, announcing summit

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·September 25, 2023·2 min read

Mr. Dowden said the so-named AI Safety Summit, set for November, will aim to preempt the risks posed by frontier AI and explore how it can be used for the public good. “AI is the biggest transformation the world has known,” he emphasized, noting that it is going to change...

In Brazil, UN deputy chief urges greater ambition for Global Goals

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·August 2, 2023·2 min read

In Brasília, Ms. Mohammed said that Brazil – as the next chair of the G20 – can inspire collective global action towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “Action like advocating for an SDG Stimulus to provide immediate relief, reforming Multilateral Development Banks and international financial institutions, and ensuring that...

In Nigeria, UN deputy chief and Malala champion girls’ right to education

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·July 13, 2023·5 min read

The Pakistani education advocate – who was shot by the Taliban for her activism – was speaking exactly 10 years after her landmark ‘Malala Day’ address to youth at UN Headquarters in New York, where she called for global action against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. Passionate message UN Deputy Secretary-General...

UN deputy chief praises China’s investment in tackling climate change, forging ‘new development pathway’

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·July 3, 2023·5 min read

“The challenges are many and they are serious”, Amina Mohammed said, highlighting the plight of the planet. “Almost all our indicators on the climate and ecological crises are pointing in the wrong direction.” She praised China’s role in being an innovator and believer in the power of multilateralism to overcome...

UN deputy chief warns of faltering progress towards SDGs

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·March 14, 2023·3 min read

“Let me be frank: we are not doing well. Our progress towards the SDGs has faltered and even gone into reverse on some important targets and Goals, leaving many behind,” she said in opening remarks to the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) in Beirut, Lebanon. World leaders adopted the...

In Niger, UN deputy chief highlights power of partnership to forge schools for the future

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·March 2, 2023·3 min read

Amina Mohammed was visiting the École Pays-Bas, in a suburb of the capital Niamey, which less than two years ago, burned to the ground, after the straw it was made from caught fire, amid searing temperatures and a suspected electrical wiring fault. A total of 21 children died in the...

Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief

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·February 5, 2023·2 min read

The so-called UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment is the first global follow-up to a 2021 summit convened to change how the world produces, consumes and thinks about food. The high-level event falls at the halfway point for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development (SDGs),...

The UN belongs to you, deputy chief tells youth advocates in Spain |

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·November 2, 2022·2 min read

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, and the head of its urban development agency, UN-Habitat, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, were in Spain in the context of World Cities Day, observed annually on 31 October, and the event took advantage of their visit. Young people are an integral part of a growing network...

Kazakhstan: ‘Only together’ can ‘silent pandemic’ of gender-based violence be overcome, says Deputy UN chief |

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·June 9, 2022·4 min read

It was the fourth stop of her tour of Central Asia, having previously visited Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Coalitions must be built “According to official statistics, one in three women has experienced domestic violence at some point in their lives”, said the Deputy UN chief, opening a meeting with representatives...