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SG's Report on Regional Cooperation and the Summaries of the Work of the Regional Commissions


Report of the Secretary-General on regional cooperation in the economic, social and related fields and its Addenda.

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be the defining test of the international community’s determination to drive forward the 2030 Agenda and the Decade of Action to deliver on the SDGs. Against this background, the first part of the report focuses on demonstrating the value proposition of regional cooperation to contribute to an effective response to the COVID-19 crisis. On the basis of data and analysis generated by the Regional Commissions, the report summarizes the key socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 region by region and presents policy responses and solutions, highlighting the importance of regional cooperation and concerted action at regional and subregional levels.

The second part of the report provides updates on developments and outcomes in selected areas of regional and interregional cooperation, including in the context of the repositioning of the UN development system.

  • E/2020/15 (English)
  • E/2020/15/Add.1 (English)


    • Summaries of the work of the Regional Commissions

    Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Africa, 2019-2020

    Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for
    Latin America and the Caribbean, 2019–2020

    Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2019-2020

    Summary of the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 2019-2020

    Summary of the work of the Economic Commission for Europe, 2019-2020

    Secretary-General Meets Heads of UN Regional Commissions Secretary-General Meets Heads of UN Regional Commissions Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) meets with (left to right): Rola Dashti, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA); Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE); and Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). 21 February 2019 United Nations, New York

    Regional Coordination Mechanisms

    The Regional Coordination Mechanisms (RCM) were mandated by ECOSOC resolution 1998/46 of July 1998 (Annex III, B para 13).

    The role and functions of the RCM in promoting coherence in policy and in regional and sub-regional programming are being reinvigorated within the new parameters and frameworks of UNDS strategic engagement in the regions. Its role is increasingly relevant in order to meet the integrated policy advice needs of the 2030 Agenda, strengthen the policy-operational linkage including in strategic planning and regional and subregional programming, avoid duplication and overlaps, and ensure a more coherent and robust accountability to ECOSOC and its oversight of the regional level results.

    All five RCMs have taken action to align with the 2030 Agenda and their work feeds into the Regional Forums for Sustainable Development. While their working arrangements as well as the level of interaction with the regional-UNDG (R-UNDG) vary from region to region, efforts are being made now in all regions to convene the RCM and R-UNDG jointly or back to back, pending a broader repositioning of the regional level to be proposed and decided upon by Member States as an integral part of the UNDS repositioning to support implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

    Please click below for additional information on the five Regional Coordination Mechanisms. ECA ECLAC ESCAP ESCWA UNECE

    What’s New

    NEWSLETTER: UN Regional Commissions Update

    Regional Commissions Update 08 - 1 September 2020 / COVID 19 Regional Analysis and Policy Responses Click here for back issues

    COVID-19: Regional Analysis and Policy Responses

    ECA

    Africa UN Knowledge Hub for Covid-19

    ECA COVID-19 Response: Publications, Events, Presentations and other Resources

    ECLAC

    COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Latin America and the Caribbean and the COVID-19 pandemic: Economic and social effects

    Measuring the impact of COVID-19 with a view to reactivation

    The social challenge in times of COVID-19

    ESCAP

    ESCAP Coronavirus updates and resources

    The Disaster And Health Nexus Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges Of Protecting At-Risk Communities

    The Impact and Policy Responses for COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific

    ESCWA

    Social justice policy gap assessment

    Prevalence of COVID-19 in the Arab Region

    COVID-19 Stimulus Tracker

    UNECE

    Platform for National Statistical offices (NSOs)

    Issue-based coalitions in the region

    Food Outlook

    UNECE launches Observatory on Border Crossings Status due to COVID-19 and calls ‎on all countries to ‎facilitate flow of goods to maximum extent possible

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