Ramaphosa to join high-level UN event on funding for developing world during Covid-19
The event, set for 2pm on Thursday May 28, will look at issues of global liquidity‚ debt vulnerability‚ illicit financial flows‚ the recovery plan and access to external finance‚ and inclusive growth
28 May 2020 - 13:38
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to address a high-level UN event that will explore how best to mobilise funds to help developing countries whose challenges have been worsened by the Covid-19 crisis.
The event — which will be jointly hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness — is centred on concerns that the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals may not be achieved if developing countries are not given adequate resources to support their Covid-19 response efforts...
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