{"id":45424,"date":"2021-04-13T07:25:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T04:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=45424"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T08:24:51","slug":"guterres-calls-for-paradigm-shift-to-recover-from-covid-setbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/chief-editors-choice\/guterres-calls-for-paradigm-shift-to-recover-from-covid-setbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Guterres calls for \u2018paradigm shift\u2019 to recover from COVID setbacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>A \u201cparadigm shift\u201d aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address the challenges of the future, including those triggered by COVID-19, the UN chief said on Monday, addressing the Financing for Development (FfD) Forum. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres painted a grim picture of the past year during which more than three million have died from the virus. Around 120 million have fallen into extreme poverty and the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs have been lost. He noted that as the speed of infections is increasing, \u201cthe crisis is far from over\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Advancing an equitable global response to recover from the pandemic is \u201cputting multilateralism to the test\u201d, the UN chief said, adding, \u201cso far, we have failed\u201d. To illustrate this, he pointed out that just 10 countries globally account for around 75 per cent of COVID vaccinations given, noting that some estimates put the global cost of unequal access and vaccine hoarding at more than $9 trillion. Mr. Guterres underscored the need for \u201cunity and solidarity\u201d to save lives and prevent catastrophic debt and dysfunction. To set the course for a sustainable and resilient COVID response and recovery, the UN chief called for urgent action in six areas, beginning with closing the funding gap of the UN-backed vaccine initiative, COVAX.<\/p>\n<p>The debt crisis needed to be properly addressed, he said, including \u201cdebt suspension, relief, and liquidity\u201d. Investing in a new social contract, based on solidarity in education, green jobs, social protection, and health systems was the UN chief\u2019s fifth priority action, which he maintained was \u201cthe foundation for sustainable and inclusive development\u201d. \u201cThis Forum must provide ambition and momentum, to finance a resilient, inclusive, equitable and sustainable future for all\u201d, the Secretary-General concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the General Assembly, Volkan Bozk\u0131r, observed that the COVID-19 pandemic has \u201cprecipitated the single largest economic contraction in 90-years, devastating lives and livelihoods in the process\u201d. Even with vaccines providing a light at the end of the tunnel, he said that \u201cwe are nonetheless faced with years of socioeconomic impact\u201d ahead. However, the Assembly president said the 2021 FfD Forum was an opportunity \u201cto lay the foundation for a proper recovery\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2021\/04\/1089542\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201cparadigm shift\u201d aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address the challenges of the future, including those triggered by COVID-19,&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5594],"tags":[5803,12575,12576,383],"class_list":["post-45424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chief-editors-choice","tag-covid","tag-recover","tag-setback","tag-un","wpcat-5594-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hand-disinfection.jpg?fit=100%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45486,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45424\/revisions\/45486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}