Creation Of New Post-COVID-19 Framework Needs To Be Prioritized; Dr. Sania
Sumaira FH Published May 07, 2021 | 05:10 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th May, 2021 ) :Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar Friday called for creation of a new framework for post-COVID-19 development.
She was addressing virtually the 7th biennial high-level Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) convened by Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram in his capacity as the President of United Nations' Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN-ECOSOC).
Keynoting the DCF 2021, Dr. Nishtar said it was a moral imperative for the international system to prioritize the creation of a new post-COVID-19 framework for development that could bring together stakeholders to forge the responses needed to better mitigate risks and recover from shocks.
Dr. Sania said, "The shared experiences of the last year and a half have hurt, challenged and changed us all. As a global community we must now realize that COVID-19 is threatening to wipe out the development gains of the last century�it is reversing three decades of gains in poverty eradication. A whole new generation now risks living in the shadow of poverty unless we take urgent action now." Continuing, she highlighted that the cost of COVID-19 was not limited to lives lost and morbidity; it was staggering in terms of hunger, children dropping out of school and foregone healthcare�and as always it was women and girls that were disproportionately bearing the brunt of this tragedy.
Reflecting on Pakistan's experience on social protection, she reiterated, "The Ehsaas experience premised on power of data, transparency and rule-based functioning in Pakistan demonstrates that it is possible to rise to the occasion.
In the 2020 Development Cooperation Forum Survey, over half of participants worldwide identified lack of quality data as a significant barrier. In this field, Pakistan can support other countries as we continue to expand and improve our own data driven social protection services." Concluding her statement, Dr. Sania remarked, "We now have a one in a generation chance to work in solidarity and to build a fairer, healthier, and a more resilient world that ends poverty, inequality and the climate crisis." The DCF is the principal global platform for policy dialogue on development cooperation. The DCF aimed to advance international development cooperation that reduces risk, enables recovery and builds resilience in the COVID-19 period and beyond.
The insightful session engaged thought leaders in a discussion of how to reinvigorate development cooperation, rethinking old approaches and debates and moving decisively into the new Decade of Action.
The DCF was open to all Member States and engaged all stakeholders, including civil society, private sector, Parliamentarians, local authorities, international and regional organizations, and development banks. Ambassador Akram opened the event.
The opened session brought together Liu Zhenmin, Under Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology, University College London and Special Advisor to Director-General of WHO; and Dr. Sania Nishtar.
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