“This year’s Paris Peace Forum comes in an extraordinary moment” says Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director during the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Paris Peace Forum.
“As the world starts to slowly recover, our economies, our societies and our communities have the opportunity to transform their relationships with the environment, restore nature and take the level of climate action we now need.” - Achim Steiner, Administrator of the @UNDP
“Les mesures adoptées pour l’avenir ne riment pas avec arbitraire et exclusion. Ses mesures ne sont durables et tenables que si elles respectent la démocratie et l’état de droit ” rappelle @MarijaPBuric, Secrétaire Générale du Conseil d’Europe au Forum de Paris sur la Paix. @coe
“We need policies that support parental care. We need governments to think about infrastructures for child care that is accessible and affordable as we think about building back better” states @phumzileunwomen during the Paris Peace Forum’s Opening Ceremony.
During the Paris Peace Forum Opening Ceremony, John W.H. Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce reminds us that “it is the absolute need for all of us to work together”.
"How do we make capitalism more green and more fair?" asks @JustinVaisse as we start our session "Greener and Fairer: Challenging and Reforming Capitalism" at the #ParisPeaceForum2020
@EmmanuelMacron@Elysee#FinanceInCommon : “Devant une conjoncture d’une sévérité inédite, c’est toute la philosophie du financement et du développement qu’il convient de revisiter en profondeur pour adapter aux besoins et aux urgences." - @Macky_Sall lors du #ParisPeaceForum2020.
The live tweeting of our next session “A Multi-Actor Response to the Pandemic: Current Situation and Prospects for the Act Accelerator” will start now! Join the discussion 👉#ParisPeaceForum2020
Benoît Miribel, Président de @CFFondations, présente ACT-A: "Il y a 4 pilliers majeurs dans ACT-A : le diagnostic (...), les traitements thérapeutiques, le vaccin et enfin les systèmes de santé." #SolutionsforPeace
“We made 120 million rapid diagnostic tests available in low and middle-income countries with our partners.”, @MarisolTouraine highlights the workd of @UNITAID#ParisPeaceForum2020
CYBERSPACE
AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Better regulating
the digital space and artificial intelligence (AI) (fight against infodemics, digital bills of rights, cybersecurity)
2018 @NobelPrize for Peace @NadiaMuradBasee on COVID’s impact: “Women are most severely impacted, first to lose their jobs, to tend to child care, first to sacrifice their meal or medicine, and first to be abused when domestic relations are destabilized.” #ParisPeaceForum2020
“What is clear is that the pandemic has not impacted all people equally. Displaced communities and those living in poverty are suffering disproportionately.” added 2018 @NobelPrize Peace Laureate, Founder of @nadiainitiative#ParisPeaceForum2020
Our session “Bolstering Africa’s Response to COVID-19: How Can Joint African and International Efforts Defeat the Pandemic and its Side Effects?” is starting now!
Join the live: ➡️ bit.ly/BolsteringAfri…#ParisPeaceForum2020
« Avec 17 % de la population mondiale, l’Afrique hébergerait moins de 4 % des infections et des décès dus à la COVID si les chiffres dont nous disposons sont fiables. » nous dit @borisbachorz Directeur de l’ @AFP_Afrique dans le #ParisPeaceForum2020#SolutionsforPeace
« Le paradoxe est que l’Afrique sera beaucoup plus touchée par l’impact économique de cette crise que les autres continents, avec le danger de remettre en question plusieurs décennies de développement prometteur. » @borisbachorz Directeur l’ @AFP_Afrique au #ParisPeaceForum2020