Joining Forces: Effective Policy Solutions for Covid-19 Response

https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/events/2020/joining-forces-effective-policy...

This briefing had as a framework the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General.  The format was a roundtable with short interventions of heads of UN entities.  It was organized with virtual participation of Member States and other stakeholders.

• Programme
• Concept note
• Presidential Statement

Statements

• H.E. Ms. Mona Juul, President of ECOSOC
• H.E. Ms. Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations
• Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO) 
• Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

Resources

• UN COVID-19 portal
• COVID-19 Information from the UN system
• UN-DESA portal on COVID-19
• Media Advisory
• COVID-19 Coverage from UN News
• UN News
  • WHO "ECOSOC Informal Briefing on 'Joining Forces: Effective Policy Solutions for Covid-19 Response'
  • FAO "Access to food for all and greater agricultural innovation are key as countries respond to COVID-19 pandemic and plan to rebuild"
  • ​UN News: ‘Urgency to act’ for sustainable development, greater than ever as coronavirus pandemic continues
• Latest COVID-19 related reports and briefs from the UN Secretary General
  • Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the need for action on mental health (13 May 2020) 
  • Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive  Response to COVID-19 (May 2020) [MS Word document; EPUB file; Watch Executive Summary (International Sign Language)]
  • Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on older persons (May 2020)
  • A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19 (April 2020)
  • COVID-19 and Human Rights: We are all in this together (April 2020)
  • Debt and COVID-19: A Global Response in Solidarity (17 April 2020)
  • Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Children (15 April 2020)
  • Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women (9 April 2020)
  • The Secretary-General’s UN Response and Recovery Fund (April 2020)
  • Shared Responsibility, Global Solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 (March 2020)
• DESA Policy Briefs
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #75: COVID-19: Reaffirming State-People Governance Relationships (15 May 2020) 
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #74: Resilient institutions in times of crisis: transparency, accountability and participation at the national level key to effective response to COVID-19 (15 May 2020) 
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #73: The impact of COVID-19 on sport, physical activity and well-being and its effects on social development (14 May 2020) 
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #72: COVID-19 and sovereign debt (14 May 2020) 
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #71: COVID-19 pandemic deals a huge blow to the manufacturing exports from LDCs (14 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #70: The Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples (8 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #69: Leaving no one behind: the COVID-19 crisis through the disability and gender lens (6 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #68: COVID-19 and Older Persons: A Defining Moment for an Informed, Inclusive and Targeted Response (6 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #67: Protecting and mobilizing youth in COVID-19 responses (5 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #66: COVID-19 and the least developed countries (1 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #65: Responses to the COVID-19 catastrophe could turn the tide on inequality (1 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #64: The COVID-19 pandemic puts Small Island Developing economies in dire straits (1 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #63: The COVID-19 pandemic: A speedy and balanced recovery of Europe will remain critical for the world to return to the trajectory of sustainable development (1 May 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #62: The COVID-19 pandemic: a wake-up call for better cooperation at the science–policy–society interface (22 April 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #61: COVID-19: Embracing digital government during the pandemic and beyond (14 April 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #60: Commodity exporters face mounting economic challenges as pandemic spreads (14 April 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #59: Corona crisis causes turmoil in financial markets (1 April 2020)
  • UN/DESA Policy Brief #58: COVID-19: Addressing the social crisis through fiscal stimulus plans (1 April 2020)
  • COVID-19: Regional Analysis and Policy Responses