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Deputy Secretary-General Spells Out Policy Options, in Remarks to High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in COVID-19 Era, Post-Pandemic Period

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Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the high-level meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, held today:

COVID-19 Pandemic Demonstrates Multilateral Cooperation Key to Overcoming Global Challenges, President Stresses as General Assembly Concludes Annual Debate

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The COVID‑19 pandemic has been a test, demonstrating that multilateral cooperation is the key to overcoming global challenges, the President of the General Assembly said today at the conclusion of the seventy‑fifth session’s unprecedented general debate, as Member States — largely via pre‑recorded video statements — overwhelmingly stressed the need for collective action to tackle common threats and “vaccine multilateralism” to combat the coronavirus.