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ECOSOC chief calls for financial support for small island developing states
Small island developing states (SIDS) must receive financial and international support if they are to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Munir Akram, said on Friday. "Financial liquidity… Read More -
UN chief hears from a mother from Trinidad and Tobago working on the pandemic’s frontlines
“In life, things wouldn’t always go as you wanted to but you have to learn how to roll with the punches,” frontline worker Peaches Dinnoo tells United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in their one-on-one conversation about the challenges she faces… Read More
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GOALS OF THE MONTH
8 High-level events will feature the SDGs in September
The 76th session of the UN General Assembly will be held on 20 September. Ahead of this event, the September Goal of the Month editorial looks at eight Sustainable Development Goals-related high-level events:
1. The SDG Moment
2. Keeping the Promise Campaign
3. The 20th Anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
4. Food Systems Summit
5. The Interspecies Assembly
6. High-level Dialogue on Energy
7. SDG Media Zone
8. SDG Action Zone
These events highlight the different SDGs and the discussions at the events will center on how to continue the work to achieve Agenda 2030.
Read more at the Goal of the Month Website.