“No one is safe, until everyone is”
Amid a global health crisis and widely varying government responses, the UN High-level Advisory Board (HLAB) on Economic and Social Affairs – a group of 16 former heads of states, ministers, eminent economists, and social scientists – offers a set of new solutions for governments to build back better, greener and fairer after COVID-19. The Board members launched a new volume of essays, “Recover Better: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities,” during an online dialogue on 22 July 2020.
Coronavirus: Reshape the urban world to aid ‘ground zero’ pandemic cities
COVID-19: World leaders to stay at home, in first ‘virtual’ UN General Assembly
The General Debate of the General Assembly, traditionally the most high-profile UN event of the year, will be a slimmed-down affair this September, with world leaders staying away from New York, and contributing set-piece speeches via video link, a UN spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.
Leading experts offer new ideas for sustainable COVID-19 recovery in new publication issued by UN DESA
Cities and local government must focus on well-being of people in developing countries
COVID-19 pushes more government activities online despite persisting digital divide
United Nations launches framework to speed up progress on water and sanitation goal
UN report finds COVID-19 is reversing decades of progress on poverty, healthcare and education
‘New dynamic’ needed to overcome negative impacts of COVID-19 worldwide
