NOON BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS
Spokesperson for General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi
United Nations Headquarters, New York
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
The President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi is in Budapest, Hungary, today…
Where this morning our time, he addressed the 7th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, co-hosted by the Government of Hungary and the World Health Organization.
President Kőrösi warned that the world is at an inflection point, in an era of cascading crisis placing our health, economies, societies and the strained multilateral system, under relentless pressure.
Some of these crises are happening because of our non0sustainable way of live.
We are in a race against time, the President said. The good news is that we are still in the race, and there is still time.
But we have to radically transform the way we think and act: how we produce, use, and preserve.
The SDG Summit will be a pivotal moment, he said, to locate the gaps and drive a quantum leap to fulfill the 2030 Agenda.
The President said the SDG Summit has to be non-conventional.
It must prove that the second-half of the time allotted for the SDGs will be more transformative than the first.
You have the full remarks in your inbox and online.
CULTRE AND DEVELOPMENT
Still on the topic of development…
The General Assembly today is holding a high-level interactive dialogue on culture and sustainable development.
Which President Kőrösi said should be seen as one of the precursors of the SDG Summit.
In prepared remarks, the President said that development plans need to include culture.
Culture bears knowledge, skills, and values, the transformative force of which can bring about real change from our homes to our communities.
The remarks were delivered by a General Assembly Vice-President.
Those full remarks are in your inbox and online.
GENDER
An update on the gender campaign…
As you know, the deadline for Member States to pledged to complete the UN online trainings on gender equality and the prevention of sexual harassment, was last Friday.
A total of 44 Permanent Missions pledged to take part.
Our final thanks to the Permanent Mission of Argentina.
QUESTIONS
There were no questions for the Spokesperson.
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