UN will mobilize resources! António Guterres tells Adelaide from Samoa, who asked how UN can support SIDS Global Children Youth Action Summit commitments in Pacific 🌏✨ Together, let’s turn these commitments into reality for a brighter future! 💪🌊 #PacificYouth #SIDS4Action #UNSupport #FutureLeaders

Honored to be invited by🇹🇴Lord Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Tonga🙏🏻 with UNICEF Pacific Rep to ‘Talanoa’ with #Pacific youth during #PIFLM53, before they met with United Nations Secretary-General Mr @AntonioGuterres and discussed sustainable development e.g. #climate crises faced by Pacific #SIDS

Happy to meet leaders and old friends from around the Blue Pacific Continent today. Fabulous day at #PIFLM53, congrats to Tonga 🇹🇴.

Inspired by UNICEF Pacific organized side event at #PIFLM53 appealing for more investment in “first 1,000 days” of a child, with Health Ministers of🇹🇴Tonga🇫🇯Fiji🇳🇿NZ, Pacific Islands Forum, Kiribati youth. Agreed on the emphasis on ECD linkage also with #gender equality & #maternal health!👍🏻

Many thanks to Ministers Akau'ola 🇹🇴, Lalabalavu 🇫🇯, Reti 🇳🇿, plus youth champion Tiein from 🇰🇮, Melinia Pacific Forum 53 for joining me for a great discussion on early childhood development. Special 🙏 to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade for exceptional support to ECD in the Pacific.

Ahead of #SummitOfTheFuture, we partnered with National University of Samoa & Government of Samoa to host a youth & intergenerational dialogue. The youth presented their outcome document to UNSG António Guterres who pledged to take their voices fwd & urged them to take action & to be loud

Cervical cancer ranks as the second most frequent cancer among women in Vanuatu. In response, the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and partners is reaching all girls aged 9-14 with access to life-saving Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. unicef.org/pacificislands…

Strengthening youth voices and participation in the Pacific! This week, a regional gathering of Pacific Ministers for Youth is putting youth voices at the centre of all decisions concerning pacific youth. UNICEF is proud to support this important dialogue.

UNICEF Pacific & UNFPA Pacific had the privilege of meeting with 🇲🇭#MarshallIslands President’s Special Envoy for #Women, #Children & #Youth, Senator Daisy Alik-Momotaro, at #Pacific Youth Ministers Meeting, exploring partnerships for tackling issues faced by #RMI women & youth🙏🏻

At UNICEF, we firmly believe that the global climate crisis is, at its heart, a child rights crisis. Climate change impacts children’s health & development, their safety & access to essential services. My remarks UNICEF Board⁩’s session on climate👇 unicef.org/press-releases…

There is an urgent need to mitigate the risks of labour mobility to ensure children left behind have access to the protection and services they need. UNICEF’s latest report looks at the impact of the Pacific labour mobility scheme on children. ow.ly/7ZWA50TkLh4

In the Federated States of Micronesia, the Department of Environment, along with UNICEF, other UN entities, government, and non-government agencies, joined hands to clean the causeway. Together, we’re making a difference for healthier communities!