To urgently address world’s most pressing challenges,
SDG Moment to call for stronger commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals
World Leaders, SDG Advocates K-Pop Band BLACKPINK, Goodwill Ambassadors Priyanka Chopra Jonas (UNICEF) and Nomzamo Mbatha (UNHCR), Poet and Activist Amanda Gorman and Singer-Songwriter Judith Hill
8:30-10:00am, Monday 19 September, 2022
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What: The annual SDG Moment kicks off UN High-Level Week (20-23 September) as world leaders gather at the UN Headquarters in New York to highlight transformative solutions for tackling the multiple crises that have unleashed vicious cycles of poverty, hunger and inequalities worldwide. In these challenging times, the SDG Moment will seek to urgently scale up ambition and solidarity to advance the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals – the World’s To Do List as the best pathway for a safer, healthier and more inclusive future.
Why: The combined crises—the war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, rising food insecurity and a debilitating economy—could lead to an additional 75 to 95 million people living in extreme poverty in 2022. As called for in the UN Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda, a renewed commitment to international cooperation and global solidarity is needed to set the SDGs back on track. With time running out as we approach the midpoint in 2023 of SDG implementation, this year’s SDG Moment is a major turning point for accelerating meaningful SDG action.
The SDG Moment, a 90-minute event, will be held in person in the UN General Assembly Hall. The event, to be convened by the Secretary-General, will have present Heads of State and Government, including SDG Advocate Co-Chairs Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados and Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (video message). High-profile special guests SDG Advocates K-pop band BLACKPINK (video message), Actor, Producer, Author, Activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Nomzamo Mbatha, Poet, Activist and UNICEF supporter Amanda Gorman and Singer-Songwriter Judith Hill will also participate. In addition to the immersive projections in the UN General Assembly Hall that will stress the SDGs as our To-Do List for a better future for all, there will be SDG Dialogues on Solutions to Inequalities and Climate solutions as well as musical performances, a poem recital and an SDG call to action.
The SDG Moment will set the scene and lead into the Transforming Education Summit.
Who:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
President of the UN General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi
SDG Advocate Co-Chair Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
SDG Advocate Co-Chair Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (video message)
SDG Advocates BLACKPINK (video message)
SDG Advocate Richard Curtis (film)
EXPO 2020 (immersive experience)
Actor, Producer, Author, Activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas (moderator)
Actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Nomzamo Mbatha
Poet, Activist and UNICEF supporter Amanda Gorman
Singer-Songwriter Judith Hill
When: 8:30 am-10:00 am, Monday 19 September 2022
Where: UN General Assembly Hall
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About the SDG Moment
General Assembly resolution 74/4 calls on the Secretary-General to organize an annual moment in the context of the General Debate of the General Assembly to highlight inspiring SDG action. The SDG Moment, convened for the first time in 2020, serves as a check-in on the status of the SDGs.
More information is available: www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-moment
Hashtag: #GlobalGoals
Media Contacts
Francyne Harrigan, UN Department of Global Communications
T: +1 917-209-6320 / E: harriganf@un.org
Sharon Birch, UN Department of Global Communications
T: +1 212-963-0564 / E: birchs@un.org
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