The COVID-19 pandemic is on track to become one of the most earth-shattering and disruptive health disasters in the history of humankind, causing grave illness and death to millions of people and exerting a heavy toll on the global economy. To showcase the department¡¯s response to this global health crisis, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA has launched a new web portal.
The portal will shine a light on the cutting-edge analysis and policy advice in those areas where Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA¡¯s voice is critical to addressing this global crisis. A series of policy briefs on the novel coronavirus¡¯ impact on economic, social and sustainable development will be published on the platform from 1 April and onwards.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA¡¯s experts will continue to closely monitor, assess and analyze the impacts of the crisis, providing advice and support to the international community as they steer the policy choices ahead in a way that leaves no one behind.
The work of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA to promote and facilitate sustainable development is thereby placing a special focus on the effects of this calamity, and how our joint efforts and the global goals can help the world rise stronger.
For more information, visit our Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DESA COVID-19 portal.