Press Release

World leaders to meet on strengthening financial measures to boost efforts to cope with COVID-19 fallout

30 March 2021

Calls for additional measures to reduce debt burden and increase liquidity in low and middle-income countries to ensure full recovery

With many countries continuing to struggle to overcome the human and economic devastation from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is convening a meeting of world leaders on Monday, 29 March from 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT to urge the international community to take additional and urgent action to ensure a robust recovery.

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