UN: Why global solidarity is necessary for a resilient recovery

Jan 26, 2021

Volunteers gesture as they direct an elderly woman at an ongoing distribution of food parcels, during a lockdown by the authories in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Lagos, Nigeria April 9, 2020. Picture taken April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Ade - RC2L5G9T8QZW

The global community must come together to protect and support the most vulnerable during this crisis. Image: REUTERS/Temilade Ade

Liu Zhenmin

Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations

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