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UN Deputy Chief to Visit India on Sustainable Development
Amina Mohammed is a senior official who works for the United Nations.
She will visit India from August 26 to 28.
In New Delhi, she will meet government officials to discuss working together on sustainable development goals.
She will also meet students at the Indian Institute of Technology.
They will talk about how digital ideas can help solve global problems.
Her trip also includes China, where she will join a discussion about artificial intelligence and human development.
She will then visit Mongolia for a United Nations meeting about damaged land and drought.
The meeting will focus on restoring land and protecting dry regions.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will visit India from August 26 to 28.
She will meet senior Indian government officials in New Delhi about UN-India cooperation and sustainable development goals.
Mohammed is scheduled to speak with students at the Indian Institute of Technology about digital innovation and the goals.
Her India visit is part of an Asia trip that includes discussions on artificial intelligence in China.
In Mongolia, she will attend the UN desertification conference and promote land restoration and drought resilience.
- Who
- United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, along with Indian government officials and students.
- What
- Mohammed will discuss UN-India cooperation, sustainable development goals, digital innovation, artificial intelligence, land restoration and drought resilience during an Asia trip.
- Where
- Her India meetings will take place in New Delhi and at the Indian Institute of Technology; other parts of the trip include China and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
- When
- She will visit India from August 26 to 28; the related desertification conference in Mongolia is scheduled for August 17 to 28.
- Why
- The visit aims to advance cooperation and sustainable development, while related meetings address artificial intelligence, land degradation and drought.
Key facts
- Visitor
- Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
- India visit
- August 26-28
- India location
- New Delhi
- Main discussion
- UN-India cooperation and advancing sustainable development goals
- Student meeting
- A discussion at the Indian Institute of Technology on digital innovation supporting the goals
- Mongolia conference
- The 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- Conference theme
- “Restoring Land. Restoring Hope”
Quotes
Stephane Dujarric
UN Spokesperson
“"Senior government officials to discuss UN-Indian cooperation and India's engagement in advancing sustainable development goals"”
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“"Digital innovation in support of level individual innovation in support of the sustainable development goals"”
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Sources
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