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RALPH EVERARD GONSALVES, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, said that the exigencies of the twenty?first century demand a recommitment to the unity and solidary that were envisaged at the United Nations founding.  A renewed and effective multilateralism is vital to confront climate change and address the health, socioeconomic and political aspects of the COVID?19 pandemic.  Amid an unequal global political economy, the moment is right to refashion the global system, reform the Security Council and update the protocols that govern international trade and finance.  Given the disproportionate and disastrous health, economic, social and security implications of COVID?19 in the developing world, urgent and ambitious action is key to averting a grim post?pandemic reality where deepened political divides create ruptures in the social fabric.  With the challenges faced by nations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, development partners must urgently apply vulnerability indices and update financing eligibility criteria to address debt relief.

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