Barbados Prime Minister (and CARICOM Chairman) among global leaders mobilising support for UN COVID-19 recovery framework

Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, is one of
ten prominent global advocates for the new United Nations roadmap to
post-COVID-19 recovery.

The Secretary-General’s report, Shared
responsibility, global solidarity: 
Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, calls
for action to suppress the virus and overcome the pandemic, safeguard
livelihoods, and learn the lessons of this crisis to “build back better”.
International cooperation and partnerships at every level are critical to the
plan’s success, and to the recovery of societies and economies along a more
inclusive, sustainable path.   The
framework was launched today, 27 April, by Deputy Secretary-General, Amina
Mohammed and UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner. 

At today’s launch, the Deputy Secretary-General
also introduced the Rise for All initiative, which brings together women
leaders to mobilise support for the recovery framework and for the UN Recovery
Trust Fund, which is designed to support the most vulnerable (including Small
Island Developing States) in confronting the impacts of the pandemic. “Women
are on the frontlines of COVID-19 and bearing the brunt of this human crisis,”
says Ms. Mohammed.  “It is time for us to
rise as women leaders to conquer the pandemic and come out stronger so as … to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.”

Prime Minister Mottley is calling for a renewed
commitment to confront the COVID-19 challenge: “Let us repurpose, because this
is perhaps the most apt reminder of what we must fight for in the multilateral
system, in the global community of nations.” 
We can do it, she says, “but we need to respect each other, to see each
other, to hear each other and to work together.” 

In addition to the Prime Minister of Barbados,
this first Rise for All cohort includes the President of Ethiopia,
Sahle-Work Zewde; the Prime Minister of Norway and SDG Advocate, Erna Solberg;
SDG Advocate, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar; SDG Advocate, Dia
Mirza; and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador of Pakistan, Muniba Mazari; along with
the Executive Directors of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore; of UN Women, Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka; and of UNFPA, Natalia Kanem. 

Please see the attached press releases.

The transcript of this morning’s Rise for All
press conference is below.

The Framework document is available here: https://bit.ly/2W6Rges 

View the Rise for All video: https://bit.ly/358GLve

UN Response and Recovery Fund fact sheet: https://bit.ly/357BLqW 

Website: www.un.org/riseforall 

UNICPoS/08/2020

Amanda Laurence

National Information Officer

United Nations Information Centre

       for the Caribbean Area

Tel:  868-623-4813

Email:  laurencea@un.org