Financing Sustainable Development in the Context of COVID-19

The #COVID19 pandemic is causing immense suffering for people across the globe.

The 2020 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development will meet virtually to ramp up global response to COVID-19.

– Opening remarks by the President of ECOSOC
– Remarks by the Secretary–General
– Remarks by the President of the General Assembly
– Video message by Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Board Chair, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI)
– Keynote address by Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, Board Chair, Action Aid International: Overcoming the pandemic: what will it take for the most vulnerable countries
– Keynote address by Mr. Jay Collins, Vice Chairman, Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory, Citigroup: Global collective action and reform for a sustainable recovery.
– Closing remarks by the President of ECOSOC

Learn more: bit.ly/2020FfDForum

#GlobalGoals #SDGs #FFDForum #Fin4Dev


In This Story: COVID-19

Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.

Symptoms of coronavirus

The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

  • a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
  • a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
  • shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)

Latest News about Covid-19

Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.

5 Recent Items: COVID-19

Global national: jan. 19, 2024 | health data shows influenza, covid-19 cases decreasing in canada 1

Global National: Jan. 19, 2024 | Health data shows influenza, COVID-19 cases decreasing in Canada

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 hit record highs as tech stocks soar | January 19, 2024

Stock market today: Stocks climb with techs ready to roar | January 19, 2023

Dr Anthony Fauci ‘became part of the problem’ when it came to the spread of Covid misinformation

WEF summit: Canada warns of future supply shocks amid global instability

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