 Last year, the United Nations launched a global listening exercise by asking persons all over the globe, particularly youth, to describe the kind of future they imagine for themselves. Never in our wildest dreams would we have imagined that our 76th anniversary would have seen us facing an unprecedented pandemic and social economic crisis. A crisis that would cause the world to pause and cause our lives to change so drastically. The crisis that would prove once and for all that there is still a place and need for multilateralism. Today, ours is a world characterized by rising inequalities, rising poverty and a climate emergency of overwhelming growing proportions. Almost two years into this pandemic, COVID-19 continues to affect the social economic system of the Caribbean seas and to deepen existing disparities amongst the most at-risk population. What kind of future do we now see? This is the question we must ask now to ourselves. While the past 19 months have been daunting, it has revealed our shared humanity and taught us that unity and solidarity is truly the only way forward. It cannot be business as usual. Hence, we all compare now more than ever to be nimbler, more adaptive and certainly more inclusive in our responses. Greater solidarity and reinvigorating multilateralism to address the global challenges such as climate emergency are critical. The UN team for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean is committed to supporting this region and building resilience to leave no one behind. Under the UN reform, a new approach to delivering as one provides more innovative and tailored support to each and every country. Residence building is at the core of our cooperation agenda to ensure that countries like Barbados, San Kitan Navies, Antigone Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and all Caribbean cities get bigger, better, greener and stronger truly leaving no one behind. Moreover, I also call on youth to step up, make their voices heard and engage in decision-making impacting the future. We need to level the playing field and we need to do it together. As we approach COP26, now only one week away, the UN is demanding a strong commitment from world leaders to achieve carbon neutrality by mid century and increase funding for adaptation. It is through a matter of survival for Caribbean seeds. The UN will continue to advocate at the highest level for the region to access resources it needs to effectively minimize climate impact and other vulnerabilities, reduce depth dependency and accelerate progress towards the sustainable development goals. Together, we must ensure that we support efforts to increase universal access to COVID vaccine but also to tackle vaccine hesitancy. Together, we must step up for climate action. Together, we must ensure that the rights and freedom that end up in the UN Charter are realized for all women and girls, men and boys and marginalized individuals and groups. Together, we must commit to living this planet in a better shape for future generations. On this UN Day, let us recommit that we can and will do it together.