ECOSOC Informal Briefing – Watch live on UN Webcast (http://webtv.un.org) on Monday, 11 May at 10 a.m. EDT

“At this time of great uncertainty and global disruption, it is clear we need a coordinated international effort in the spirit of multilateralism.”  ECOSOC President, H.E. Ambassador Mona Juul. 

The President of the Economic and Social Council, H.E. Ambassador Mona Juul, is convening an informal ECOSOC Briefing on “Joining Forces: Effective Policy Solutions for Covid-19 Response” on 11 May 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on a virtual platform.

The briefing will bring together the leadership and expertise of the wider UN system, including the normative and analytical work of the UN specialized agencies, to discuss policy solutions that countries can use to combat the pandemic, preserve advances made and get back on track towards the SDGs.

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

• Programme
• Concept note

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
• Latest COVID-19 related reports and briefs from the UN Secretary General
  • 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 #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