World Bee Day Observance at UNHQ

Darja Bavdaž Kuret (left), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (centre), President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, and Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed unveil the designs for postage stamps created to mark the annual observance of World Bee Day (20 May).
The event, co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Slovenia and the Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations (FAO), was convened with the intent to raise heightened awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development.