UNGA74

Sunday 22 September 2019

At the 74th General Assembly of the UN: encounter with Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed and fellow SDG advocate Forest Whitaker during the SDG Advocates reception.

Monday 23 September 2019

A joint Unicef & EU event for the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Mathilde was interviewed as one of the key speakers.

Evènement organisé par ⁦@UNICEF⁩ et l’⁦UE⁩ à l’occasion du 30ème anniversaire de la Convention des Droits de l’enfant. Conversation avec des jeunes engagés sur leur contribution à la mise en œuvre de cette convention.⁦ @EU_Commission⁩ #LeaveNoOneBehind #SDG #NY pic.twitter.com/BMEKfYXn9m

— Belgian Royal Palace (@MonarchieBe) September 23, 2019

With Federica Mogherini, vice president of the European Commission.

Meeting with Mrs. Pramila Patten on the subject of sexual violence during conflicts, specifically in regards to children. "There is a link between sexual violence in our society during times of peace and such violence during armed conflicts."

Queen Mathilde was a speaker on the Save the Children meeting "How are We Going to Stop the War on Children?" Mathilde: “The way we treat children affected by armed conflicts has consequences for their future, the future of their communities and the future of their country”.

With Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad.

With Executive Director at UN Office for Partnerships Robert Skinner.

With President of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande at the high level event "Mental Health for all".

Visit to the Juilliard School of Music to highlight its close ties with the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. 

Mathilde was accompanied by the director of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Bernard de Launoit.

Tuesday 24 September 2019

Meeting with Virginia Gamba, UN special representative for Children and Armed Conflict.

Official opening of the General Assembly.

Meeting with Unicef President, Henrietta Fore.

Chief of Health at UNICEF, Stephan Peterson welcomed Mathilde at the high level event "The Missing Billion in Universal Health Care: Children and persons with developmental delays and disabilities" at the New York Public Library.

With the First Lady of South Korea, Kim Jung-sook.

Wednesday 25 September 2019

Keynote address on the SDGs at the Kapuscinski Development Lectures for the 7th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development at Columbia University.

Mathilde: "Progress is too slow. In some places, it is even reversing. Urgency should become our model. We need to transform radically and much faster. Above all, we must transform the way we think.”

Afterwards Mathilde met the Belgian students at Columbia.

A meeting with Achim Steiner, administrator of UNDP, concludes the series of meeting in the margin of this 74th AGUN. UNDP is a key partner for the implementation of the SDGs in developing countries.