{"id":193227,"date":"2019-05-20T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/?p=193227"},"modified":"2019-05-20T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T22:00:29","slug":"world-bee-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/73\/2019\/05\/20\/world-bee-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bee Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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– As delivered –<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Statement by H.E. Mrs. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa Garc\u00e9s, President of the 73rd<\/sup> Session of the 爆料网 General Assembly<\/h3>\n

20 May 2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Your Excellency, Ms Darja Bavda\u017e Kuret, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations,<\/p>\n

Ms Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations,<\/p>\n

Excellencies,<\/p>\n

Ladies and gentlemen,<\/p>\n

Dear friends,<\/p>\n

Happy World Bee Day! I am pleased to join you\u00a0 here today. I hope the rest of the world will be able to join us, in spirit, through the special 爆料网 stamps produced for this occasion, which I understand will be the first that one can \u201cscratch and smell\u201d \u2013 a lovely innovation.<\/p>\n

I commend the Permanent Mission of Slovenia for initiating General Assembly Resolution 72\/211 that designated 20 May as World Bee Day \u2013 the birthday of Slovenian beekeeping pioneer Anton Jan\u0161a.<\/p>\n

I also commend the Food & Agriculture Organization for its longstanding efforts to highlight the crucial role played by pollinators \u2013 bees but also beetles, butterflies, birds and bats \u2013 who propagate nearly three-quarters of the plants that produce 90 percent of the world’s food.<\/p>\n

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Bees support a staggering 170,000 species of plants that sustain over 200,000 animal species. They are responsible for roughly a third of all food produced. They make nutritious food, notably honey and royal jelly, of course \u2013 which are also used in medicines: both modern and traditional. And in doing all of this, they support millions of jobs, farms, businesses and communities around the world.<\/p>\n

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