Statement by the Managing Director during Item 2 of the IDTFAA Meeting – Principal Level

Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and UN Special Adviser on Africa, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin thanking the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) for organizing this meeting, providing us with the proper forum to discuss the impact and lessons of the pandemic. [...] Based on the painful realizations due to the ongoing pandemic, in this statement, we, on behalf of CFC, would like to seek your understanding on the following propositions. [...] Second consensus we need to establish is that the pandemic has set back the SDG process, and we now require additional financial resources to enable developing economies to respond effectively, not just to the pandemic but to recover and build back better. [...] How long we will continue to ignore this disparity and bring some justice to those people who are providing us with the food that we put on the table. [...] The role of UN-OHRLLS is very significant to chart the new pathways building on the Istanbul Programme of Action.