[PDFlist] [PDF-members] ‘Urgency to act’ for sustainable development, greater than ever as coronavirus pandemic continues

[Casper Joseph Fa'asala]

Hi Solo,


Thank you so much for all informations coming through.

In the rural sector at this time, it is difficult to get this
information down to the rural villages.

Vinaka.

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On 5/14/20, Mere Roden <employers.idea at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bula Vinaka Solo,
>
> Thank you for mail.
>
> I truly believe there will be no gòd times.
> Solidarity during this time means One World Order for me.
>
> A global agreement to build back better will lead to one world order.
>
> The Lord is soon to return. This is one thing I know and all these
> happenings are just the beginning of the worst things to come.
>
> Good day to you and all at PDF.
>
> Mere
>
> On Tue, 12 May 2020, 1:12 PM Soloveni Vitoso, <infor at pacificdisability.org>
> wrote:
>
>> *‘Urgency to act’ for sustainable development, greater than ever as
>> coronavirus pandemic continues*
>>
>>
>>
>> NEW YORK, 12 MAY 2020 (UN NEWS CENTRE)
>> <https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063742> --- As COVID-19 upends
>> lives and livelihoods across the planet, the UN on Monday held a
>> wide-ranging policy discussion stressing a range of multilateral
>> solutions
>> to ease the pandemic, while also getting back on track towards achieving
>> the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
>>
>>
>>
>> “Our commitment to achieving the SDGs has not changed, but the urgency to
>> act has”, said Mona Juul, President of the Economic and Social Council
>> (ECOSOC), as discussion over the topic, “Joining Forces: Effective Policy
>> Solutions for Covid-19 Response”, got underway online.
>>
>>
>>
>> She maintained that while working towards breakthroughs that will help
>> the
>> world overcome the health emergency, including a vaccine, “we are only
>> beginning to realize the true scale of the social and economic crisis
>> that
>> lies ahead of us”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nearly half the global workforce is in immediate danger of being
>> unemployed, while other global goals are being reversed, such as the
>> increase in global poverty for the first time since 1998, with some
>> regions
>> slipping back to levels last seen 30 years ago.
>>
>>
>>
>> Malaria mortality levels threaten to revert to those of 20 years ago and
>> violence against women and girls “has become a shadow pandemic, with the
>> number of victims increasing to the hundreds of millions worldwide’, she
>> bemoaned.
>>
>>
>>
>> “These are incomprehensible setbacks to our hard-won development gains”,
>> stressed the ECOSOC chief, but “we must ask ourselves: how can we find
>> solid footing in the new evolving normal?”
>>
>>
>>
>> *‘Build back better’ *
>>
>>
>>
>> And although this virus impacts everyone, it has not been an equaliser,
>> but instead has exposed and compounded inequalities in societies.
>>
>>
>>
>> “These disparities should be our catalyst, and our call to build back
>> better”, she said, maintaining that national responses be shaped by human
>> rights and that country-specific global action take special situations
>> into
>> account.
>>
>>
>>
>> Juul maintained that the pandemic has “put a spotlight on the need to
>> strengthen multilateral cooperation, governance, and above, all global
>> solidarity”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Noting that “we are currently tossing and turning through dangerous
>> waters”, the ECOSOC president pointed to the SDGs as “our chart to see us
>> through the storm”.
>>
>>
>>
>> “Now is truly the time to fulfil our promise of leaving no one behind”,
>> she concluded.
>>
>>
>>
>> *SDGs ‘clear compass’  *
>>
>>
>>
>> Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed told the meeting that lives
>> and
>> livelihoods everywhere depend on the UN’s ability to support Governments
>> in
>> tackling this “unprecedented health, humanitarian and socio-economic
>> crisis”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Calling the SDGs “a clear compass” to direct us, she cited the 2030
>> Agenda, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Addis Ababa Action
>> Agenda on Financing for Development, as the world’s chart.
>>
>>
>>
>> “We will need to keep in mind dual imperatives: to respond urgently to
>> stem the impact of the pandemic, while helping Governments and people
>> respond in a way that recovers better, more resilient, future”, flagged
>> the
>> deputy UN chief.
>>
>>
>>
>> And while we are all in this together, she underscored the “immediate
>> priority” of addressing the needs of the most vulnerable countries and
>> communities who risk being left behind.
>>
>>
>>
>> When allocating resources close attention will be paid to the needs of
>> conflict- and disaster-affected countries, least developed countries,
>> landlocked developing countries and Small Island developing States,
>> according to Mohammed.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Emerging stronger *
>>
>>
>>
>> Turning to the UN’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund to catalyse joint
>> action on the ground for the most vulnerable countries and communities,
>> Mohammed spelled out: “We estimated billions and are receiving millions”.
>>
>>
>>
>> In closing, she offered the UN’s “full commitment” in supporting
>> Governments and ensuring that “lives are saved, livelihoods are restored,
>> financial resources are mobilised, and that the global economy and the
>> people we serve can emerge stronger from this crisis”.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Other key voices *
>>
>>
>>
>> Describing the coronavirus pandemic as “a human crisis of historic
>> magnitude”, Liu Zhenmin, who heads the UN Department of Economic and
>> Social
>> Affairs (DESA) said it had “destabilised global economic growth” and led
>> the world into a major global recession that threatens all the SDGs.
>>
>>
>>
>> The DESA chief stressed the need to build on lessons learned throughout
>> the crisis to accelerate progress during the Decade of Action and
>> delivery
>> for sustainable development” and to turn the tide against inequality.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Director of the Internatioal Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder,
>> maintained that an effective response to COVID19, which protects the most
>> vulnerable first, requires global solidarity and multilateral action,
>> with
>> international coordination on health, social and economic policy.
>>
>>
>>
>> Meanwhile, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
>> maintained that human rights were at the core of the COVID-19 crisis and
>> encouraged vocal support to step up efforts to leave no one behind.
>>
>>
>>
>> Qu Dongyu, Head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) emphasised
>> the impact of that the pandemic is having on food security and nutrition,
>> pushing for effective policy solutions for the global pandemic response.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Executive Secretary for the UN Economic and Social Commission for
>> Asia
>> and the Pacific (ESCAP), Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, encouraged a
>> coordinated and coherent global response to the adverse social, economic
>> and financial impact of the pandemic.
>>
>>
>>
>> And Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom
>> Ghebreyesus, also weighed into the discussion: “There can be no going
>> back
>> to business as usual”, he spelled out.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063742
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Solo
>>
>>
>>
>> Soloveni Vitoso
>>
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