The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging labour markets around the world. Global trends such as globalisation, demographic shifts, climate change and technology have already brought profound shifts to the world of work,?and?the pandemic has accelerated changes.?
NEW YORK 20 and 21 October 2020 – Island leaders expressed concern about the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on small island developing States (SIDS) in a joint roundtable organized by Belize,?Fiji?and the United Kingdom.?
At this year's General Assembly Second Committee side event, leading scientists and academics, policymakers, and disaster risk reduction practitioners will discuss?how the application of the in?COVID-19 recovery and rehabilitation measures can change the trajectory of development from one that unintentionally creates risk to one that purposefully reduces risk and builds resilience for curre
Honorable Ministers,?
Excellencies,?
Head of Organizations,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
The webinar will provide an opportunity to contribute to the global conversation on “creating the future we want by 2045” and to leverage multilateralism in accelerating the VPoA and SDGs in LLDCs.
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Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
I must thank the United Kingdom for your collaboration with OHRLLS on this very important? initiative for SIDS.
The SIDS National Focal Points Network (NFP), established and inaugurated in 2018, facilitates the strengthening of coherence and coordination at the national, regional and global levels on SIDS-related issues and fosters peer-learning and exchange of best practices on the implementation and follow up of the SAMOA Pathway, the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global frameworks.
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact spans the economic, social, environmental and political spheres, with the LLDCs likely amongst those most impacted.
It will undoubtedly pose serious constraints on the pursuit of LLDCs in achieving the goals and targets of the Vienna Programme of Action and the SDGs.
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Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
Ambassador Umarov, we certainly meet frequently virtually! Thank you so much for co-organizing this side event with UN-OHRLLS.?
Excellencies,?
Colleagues,?
Ladies and gentlemen,
First, I wish to thank Ms. Laura Jaitman for her close cooperation in convening this briefing.?
