The 2021 Social Forum will be convened as humanity faces the profound, unprecedented and multiple crises from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to pose a threat to the social and economic fabric of countries worldwide, in addition to the immediate health crisis.
--- Overcoming global challenges towards recovering better:
-- Moderator: Ms. Srruthi Lekha Raaja Elango, Co-Director,
Polity Link and Representative to the UN, Women's Federation for World Peace
International
-- Ms. Attiya Waris, UN Independent Expert on foreign debt
and human rights - Foreign debt as an obstacle to recovering better
-- Mr. Joshua Phoho Setipa, Managing Director for The
Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries - Transfer of technologies and
building capacities in the most vulnerable countries
-- Ms. Susanna Moorehead, Chair of OECD Development
Assistance Committee - Good practices in stepping up Official Development
Assistance
-- Mr. Adel Abdellatif, Director a.i., United Nations Office
for South-South Cooperation - South-South cooperation in fighting COVID-19
--- Interactive dialogue ---
--- Lessons learned from the fight against COVID-19:
Sustainable and resilient recovery, preparedness and prevention of future
pandemics [Round-table] :
-- Moderator: Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner
for Human Rights
-- Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of
everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and
mental health
-- Mr. Achal Prabhala, Coordinator, Access IBSA project
-- Mr. Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, General Secretary, ACT
Alliance, civil society representative to the COVAX Facility Advance Market
Commitment Engagement Group
-- Ms. Azza Karam, Secretary General of Religions for Peace
--- Closing remarks ---
-- H.E. Mr. Abdul-Karim Hashim Mostafa, Chairperson-Rapporteur
of the Social Forum