Developing countries must not be left behind in pandemic recovery, Trudeau tells UN group GlobePolitics
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Municipal workers sanitize homes of Haitian migrants at a low-income section in Santiago, Chile, in this file photo from May 16, 2020. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a virtual meeting of world leaders Thursday that the world's most vulnerable cannot be forgotten in pandemic recovery plans.
Canada is seeking one of 10 rotating non-permanent seats in 2021-22 on the UN’s most powerful branch. The vote for two of those seats is scheduled for June 17. Mr. Guterres warned these “challenging and dangerous times” could force 60 million people into extreme poverty and leave half of the global work force – 1.6 billion people – without livelihoods.
“I am happy that the Prime Minister of Canada has spoken about thinking outside of the box but we need to go further beyond words,” said Ms. Mottley, who also chairs CARICOM, an alliance of 15 Caribbean countries.
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