It’s fascinating to see how, here in Albany, you have developed a fertile ecosystem
On the afternoon of Thursday 15 February Her Majesty Queen Máxima participated in an online roundtable meeting on financial health with representatives of the South African government and financial institutions. Queen Máxima is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).
that 69% struggle to pay bills, 33% cannot meet their mortgage repayments and 50% have
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will be in New York from Sunday evening 22 September until Wednesday 25 September for the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Queen Máxima has been the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) for the past 15 years. In the afternoon of Wednesday 25 September a special event will be held in the presence of His Majesty the King to mark this anniversary.
General Assembly From Monday 23 September to Wednesday 25 September Queen Máxima will have
the bitter conflict between Israel and Hamas, which is so rife with horrors, you have
There have been difficult times, raw with sorrow, such as the downing of flight MH17
The speech is prerecorded. Queen Máxima is the United-Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) and Honorary Patron of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI).
In my work as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate, I have seen the remarkable
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima are to pay a state visit to Kenya, at the invitation of President William Ruto. The visit will take place from Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20 March 2025. The King and Queen will be accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Caspar Veldkamp. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Reinette Klever, and the Minister of Defence, Ruben Brekelmans, will also attend some programme events.
The Netherlands and Kenya have maintained close ties for more than 60 years.
At the invitation of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain will pay a state visit to the Netherlands on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 April. King Felipe will be accompanied by his wife, Her Majesty Queen Letizia.
The Netherlands and Spain have a shared history and are bound by common values and
Of course, I would rather have been here with my husband, who was not able to join
From the afternoon of Tuesday 16 January to Thursday 18 January, Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in her capacity as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). The theme of this year’s edition is Rebuilding Trust.
According to the Global Findex Database 2021, 76% of adults worldwide now have a
