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Today, we honor the students, their parents, their teachers and school administration in Ukraine, as well as those in sub-Saharan African, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. May they be the ones that one day turn the tide.  

With a quality education fit for the 21st Century, we need an education for all that provides proficiency in reading and mathematical skills, psycho-social and mental health services to children and adolescents traumatized by war and disasters, social-emotional skills to advance social cohesion, critical thinking to question harmful practices and poor governance, empathy to feel for their neighbors, society and the world, and an education that encourages an unstoppable will and confidence to change the destiny of our world.

With a quality education fit for the 21st Century, we need an education for all that provides proficiency in reading and mathematical skills, psycho-social and mental health services to children and adolescents traumatized by war and disasters, social-emotional skills to advance social cohesion, critical thinking to question harmful practices and poor governance, empathy to feel for their neighbors, society and the world, and an education that encourages an unstoppable will and confidence to change the destiny of our world.

As of 2022, there were an estimated 222 million school-aged children impacted by crises, including armed conflict, requiring educational support4. Keeping dreams alive for thousands of these children is crucial.  

As of 2022, there were an estimated 222 million school-aged children impacted by crises, including armed conflict, requiring educational support⁴. Keeping dreams alive for thousands of these children is crucial.  

As of 2022, there were an estimated 222 million school-aged children impacted by crises, including armed conflict, requiring educational support⁴. Keeping dreams alive for thousands of these children is crucial.  

First, we recognise the EU’s efforts to address global challenges. The UK is proud of our work alongside the EU to establish Energy Transition Partnerships. We also welcome the EU’s considerable support for the UN’s Education Cannot Wait fund.

During the first-ever pledging conference for education in emergencies, countries and other donors vowed Thursday to provide $826 million for Education Cannot Wait's work for the next four years.

First, we recognise the EU’s efforts to address global challenges. The UK is proud of our work alongside the EU to establish Energy Transition Partnerships. The ETP has helped coal-dependent emerging economies make a just energy transition by building on the model pioneered at COP26, and we look forward to continuing this work through COP28. We also welcome the EU’s considerable support for the UN’s Education Cannot Wait fund. As a co-founder of the fund, the UK values this support to high quality education in emergencies.

As of 2022, there were an estimated 222 million school-aged children impacted by crises, including armed conflict, requiring educational support⁴. Keeping dreams alive for thousands of these children is crucial.  

As of 2022, there were an estimated 222 million school-aged children impacted by crises, including armed conflict, requiring educational support⁴. Keeping dreams alive for thousands of these children is crucial.  

El ministro de Desarrollo Internacional, Harjit S. Sajjan, subrayó que la financiación también estará destinada para el Programa Plurianual de Resiliencia del fondo La Educación No Puede Esperar (ECW, por sus siglas en inglés) en Bangladesh, como parte de la estrategia de Canadá para responder a las crisis de Rohingya y Myanmar.