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 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
