Regional Commissions and Millennium Development Goals

Dear Colleagues and Readers, 2020 has been a challenging year for people around the world. Our thoughts go first and foremost to those who have lost loved ones, friends and colleagues. For many the year has also been an opportunity to reflect on the blessings of life and feel grateful for their health, family, friends, job and so much more. The year and the pandemic mitigation and responses also brought to the frontline the ever-growing gap between the haves and the have nots. Many of the haves are enjoying the safe option of hunkering down, working remotely with families around, and ordering food for delivery at will. The have nots, mostly living from hand to mouth, are forced to ignore the pandemic risks, going out to work in often packed public transportation, or delivering the food for the haves. The latter deciding ironically that the have nots are mostly the essential workers of the world for their survival and continued well-being. READ MORE

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• SDG Moment: The Heads of the Regional Commissions join the SDG Moment with a status of progress on the SDGs in the regions and outline pathways and opportunities towards a green, inclusive and gender-equal recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, in line with the vision enshrined in the 2030 Agenda. 
• SDG Action Zone: Featuring voices representing stakeholders from the regions, the regional breakout session brings to the forefront the initiatives and solutions that are being tested and that have transformative potential to reverse SDG trends, have an impact on people’s lives and contribute to building back better in a post-Covid-19 world 

Regional Commissions Update 13 - December 2020

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AFRICA	Brazzavile, Congo/hybrid	African RFSD: 1-4 March RCP:
UNECE REGION	Geneva/hybrid	UNECE RFSD: 17-18 March RCP:19 March
ARAB States	Beirut/hybrid	Arab RFSD: 15-17 or 29-31 March RCP: 14 March or 28 March
ASIA PACIFIC	Bangkok/hybrid	Asia Pacific RFSD: 23-26 March RCP: 22 March
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	Costa Rica/virtual	LAC RFSD: 15-18 or 22-25 March RCP: TBD

[*] Regional Commissions propose that DSG speaks at the opening of the Forum.

ECA

Africa UN Knowledge Hub for Covid-19

ECA COVID-19 Response: Publications, Events, Presentations and other Resources

ECLAC

COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean and the COVID-19 pandemic: Economic and social effects

Measuring the impact of COVID-19 with a view to reactivation

The social challenge in times of COVID-19

ESCAP

ESCAP Coronavirus updates and resources

The Disaster And Health Nexus Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges Of Protecting At-Risk Communities

The Impact and Policy Responses for COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific

ESCWA

Social justice policy gap assessment

Prevalence of COVID-19 in the Arab Region

COVID-19 Stimulus Tracker

UNECE

Platform for National Statistical offices (NSOs)

Issue-based coalitions in the region

Food Outlook

UNECE launches Observatory on Border Crossings Status due to COVID-19 and calls ‎on all countries to ‎facilitate flow of goods to maximum extent possible