Amina J. Mohammed

Italian and Rwandan leaders join urgent call to transform world's food systems as UN Food Systems Pre-Summit gets under way

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

ROME, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame led calls for countries to make bold commitments to transforming their food systems during opening day remarks at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit.

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  • ROME, July 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame led calls for countries to make bold commitments to transforming their food systems during opening day remarks at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit.
  • UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres added: "The pandemic, which still assails us, has highlighted the links between inequality, poverty, food, disease and our planet."
  • "Food unites us all, as families, as communities, as cultures and as humanity," said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
  • "Now let's use it to unite around the urgency and the actions that are needed to transform our world by 2030."

Italian and Rwandan leaders join urgent call to transform world's food systems as UN Food Systems Pre-Summit gets under way

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres added: "The pandemic, which still assails us, has highlighted the links between inequality, poverty, food, disease and our planet."

Key Points: 
  • UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres added: "The pandemic, which still assails us, has highlighted the links between inequality, poverty, food, disease and our planet."
  • Against this backdrop, President Kagame announced a common position for Africa, aligned with the continent's Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals .
  • "Food unites us all, as families, as communities, as cultures and as humanity," said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
  • "Now let's use it to unite around the urgency and the actions that are needed to transform our world by 2030."

Richard Curtis, Sting, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, and Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani to be Honoured at the 2019 Global Citizen Prize on December 13 at Royal Albert Hall

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Richard Curtis, Sting, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, and Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani, will be recognised at the Royal Albert Hall on December 13, 2019 for their efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.

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  • Richard Curtis, Sting, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, and Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO of Chobani, will be recognised at the Royal Albert Hall on December 13, 2019 for their efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
  • Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya will receive the Global Citizen Business Leader Prize, honouring an individual in the business community who has combined business goals with positive human impact.
  • The Global Citizen Prize is the first major event of Global Citizen's 2020 campaign, Global Goal Live: The Possible Dream.
  • For more information about the Global Citizen Prize, please visit www.globalcitizen.org/prize and follow @GlblCtzn on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook using #GlobalCitizen.