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UN 2.0 Week High-Level Opening | How the UN 2…

UN 2.0 Week High-Level Opening | How the UN 2.0 Vision Will Help Us Get to the SDGs

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Hear from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Under-Secretary-General for Policy, the UNDP Administrator and other inspiring speakers as they lay out the vision for a modernized United Nations – ready to face the challenges of our era!
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Speakers:

· Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General

· Guy Ryder, UN Under-Secretary-General for Policy

· Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UN Development Programme

· Diene Keita, Deputy Executive Director of the UN Population Fund

· Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

· Dr. Felipe Paullier, Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs

· Rebecca Adda-Dontoh, UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi

· Ayaka Suzuki, Director of the Strategic Planning and Monitoring Unit, Executive Office of the Secretary-General

· Talea von Lupin, Portfolio Manager at UN Global Pulse

Featuring an address by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations and moderated by Tanya Accone, Senior Adviser on Innovation, UNICEF.

About UN 2.0 Week 2024:

This high-level opening session is part of UN 2.0 Week on 22 – 26 April 2024, a series of virtual events featuring inspiring panel discussions and best practice sharing dialogues.

Expect an inspiring line-up of over 40 speakers from across 30 UN entities worldwide. UN 2.0 Week will focus on data, digital, innovation, foresight, behavioural science, and culture in action – demonstrating how the Quintet of Change is turbocharging progress towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

UN 2.0 Week is open to UN system colleagues and interested non-UN attendees from around the world – we invite all to join us at this exciting event.

Location: SDG Studio

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