United Nations published this video item, entitled “Jobs & Social Protection, Elimination of Nuclear Weapons & other topics -Daily Press Briefing” – below is their description.
Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
– Jobs And Social Protection
– Secretary-General/ Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
– Deputy Secretary-General/Security-Council
– Syria
– Guinea
– Mali
– COVAX
– General Assembly
– Noon Briefing Guest Tomorrow
– Financial Contribution
JOBS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION
This morning, the Secretary-General spoke at the High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of Covid-19 and Beyond: Jobs and Social Protection for Poverty Eradication. He said that almost two years into the COVID-19 crisis, a huge divergence in the recovery is undermining global trust and solidarity as the pandemic has not only confirmed but deepened existing inequalities.
In developed countries, access to vaccines has allowed economies to reopen, while stimulus payments and investments herald projected growth of 5 or 6 percent this year. However, across the developing world, the pandemic has caused lasting damage, while debt burdens prevent governments from investing in recovery. The Secretary-General said that global solidarity is needed to build a recovery that benefits all. He also announced the creation of a new Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for a Just Transition, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO). This Global Accelerator will aim to create at least 400 million jobs by 2030, primarily in the green and care economies, and extend social protection floors by 2025 to 50 per cent of people currently not covered.
SECRETARY-GENERAL/ ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
At the General Assembly High-level event to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the Secretary-General called on the international community to reject the poisonous and flawed logic of endless nuclear competition, adding that the nuclear threat has reached its highest level in close to 40 years.
But, he added, we must seize every opportunity to move closer to our goal of eliminating these weapons.
He welcomed the decision by the Russian Federation and the United States to extend the New START Treaty and to begin a strategic dialogue.
He also urged States to support the goals of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to recognize its place in the global disarmament architecture.
Turning to the long-delayed Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Secretary-General said that we are at a critical moment to reaffirm and build on past commitments.
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL/SECURITY-COUNCIL
This afternoon, at 3:00 p.m., the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, will brief the Security-Council on her visit to Somalia. She is expected to say that there is real concern that in the current elections to the House of the People, the levels of women’s representation will decrease, despite promises and stipulations in electoral agreements.
The Deputy Secretary-General is expected to stress that women’s participation and representation in political life is a precondition for lasting peace in Somalia and that the 30% quota is a crucial first step towards the equal representation of women in all sectors of life, from business to public service, elections to appointments.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=28%20September%202021
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