Coronavirus: Challenges and Opportunities on the Path Towards Global Cooperation at the UN – PART TWO
Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: A New Social Contract for a New Era by Antonio Guterres
The UN Secretary-General delivered this important Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, on 18 July. Read the full text of the lecture at nelsonmandela.org.
Dear friends,
Inequality defines our time.
More than 70 per cent of the world’s people are living with rising income and wealth inequality. The 26 richest people in the world hold as much wealth as half the global population.
But income, pay and wealth are not the only measures of inequality. People’s chances in life depend on their gender, family and ethnic background, race, whether or not they have a disability, and other factors. Multiple inequalities intersect and reinforce each other across the generations. The lives and expectations of millions of people are largely determined by their circumstances at birth.
In this way, inequality works against human development – for everyone. We all suffer its consequences.
We are sometimes told a rising tide of economic growth lifts all boats.
But in reality, rising inequality sinks all boats. …
Read the full lecture at nelsonmandela.org
UN chief slams 'myths, delusions and falsehoods' around inequality
This review of Guterres' Mandela Lecture was published inThe Guardian newspaper.
“In an unusually strongly worded speech, António Guterres urged major reform to the UN security council, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to address systemic inequalities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic.”
Read the full article at theguardian.com.
Stepping Stones for a Better Future:
10 Ideas for World Leaders Who are Serious About Building Back Better
From together1st.org
This Report was produced after expensive consultation by Together First, a coalition of over 175 global organisations. The group is working to ensure that the UN 75th anniversary, coupled with the coronavirus pandemic, will be the starting point of global governance transformation.
Read the full Report at together1st.org.
Could the SDGs Deliver on Their Promises?
From the New Internationalist
A Dialogue with two different views. "We are a third of the way towards 2030, the target date for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Gary Rynhart and Jan Vandemoortele differ over how likely the Goals are to be achieved." Following strong arguments outlining why, in his view, the Goals will not be met Jan Vandemoortele concludes that while Covid-19 is a major setback for the goals, It may bring us closer to a major transformation in how we organize and perceive the world.