Eric LeCompte Addresses Special UN Session on COVID Response
Eric LeCompte Addresses Special UN Session on COVID Response
April 24, 2021
United Nations ECOSOC Special Session on Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing States:
Financing a resilient recovery from the cascading effects of COVID-19
23 April 2021
By Eric LeCompte, Executive Director, Jubilee USA Network
(Remarks as prepared for delivery)
Your Excellencies, it s good to be with you for this critical high-level event on COVID response for Small Island Developing States (SIDs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) and some of the world s poorest countries or Least Developed Countries (LDCs). I d like to especially thank His Excellency, Munir Akram for focusing us on countries struggling with specific disadvantages from the crisis.