02/11/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/11/2021 17:46
Speakers Highlight Role of Digital Technology in Confronting COVID-19 Pandemicâs Ill Effects, as Social Development Commission Continues Session
Government ministers, senior officials and representatives of Member States underscored the myriad ways that their countries have embraced digital technology to confront the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the Commission for Social Development resumed its general discussion today in a virtual format.
Speakers built upon the theme of the Commission s fifty-ninth session - a socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all - to call for, among other things, multilateral action to help narrow the digital divide. Several delegates also pressed for a fair and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.