Priyanka Chopra Jonas at United Nations SDG Moment: Global solidarity more important than ever

The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador said "all is not well with our world"

With just under eight years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas said "a just, safe and healthy world" is the right of every individual which can become a reality with global solidarity.

During her appearance at the 2022 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment opening remarks at the United Nations General Assembly, the "Quantico" star weighed in on some of the world's most pressing issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis and poverty.

"We meet today at a critical point in our world, at a time when global solidarity is more important than ever.

"As countries continue to struggle from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the climate crisis appends lives and livelihoods, as conflicts rage, and as poverty displacement, hunger and inequalities destroy the very foundation of the more just world that we have fought for such a long time," Ms. Priyanka said in the speech shared by the U.N. via YouTube on Monday.

The UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador said "all is not well with our world".

"These crises did not happen by chance but they can be fixed with a plan. We have that plan, the U.N. sustainable development goals - a to-do list for the world.

"These goals were created hand in hand with people around the world in 2015; together we have an extraordinary opportunity to change the world that we live in," she added.