Report Discussion – Coping with New and Old Crises: Global and Regional Cooperation in an Age of Epidemic Uncertainty

Released on December 2nd, 2020 as a contribution to the UN General Assembly’s Heads of State and Government Special Session in Response to COVID-19 (December 3-4, 2020), the Doha Forum Report 2020 examines the leadership deficit in multilateral cooperation toward both the coronavirus pandemic and other existing and emerging global challenges, includ­ing runaway climate change, rising political violence, menacing cyber-attacks, and growing inequality within and between countries. Successfully meeting these challenges requires not only an effective roadmap for moderniz­ing our global governance system (building on the UN75 Declaration, adopted on September 21, 2020, by world leaders), but one that charts a durable and broad-based recovery from the pandemic and meets the climate crisis head on.

This event was co-hosted with the Doha Forum and Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

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This highly interactive and intergenerational event unpacked key analysis from the report, including global and regional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated financial, economic, and social repercussions worldwide. It discussed how these outcomes intersect with pre-existing and emerging global challenges. Most urgently, it aimed to identify the priority elements and innovation ideas that both ensure a durable, green, and broad-based recovery from COVID-19 but also the revitalization of global institutions.

Featured Speakers

H.E. Lolwah Al-Khater, Assistant Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and Executive-Director of the Doha Forum

Dr. Richard Ponzio, Senior Fellow and Director, Just Security 2020 Program, The Stimson Center

Mr. Saji Prelis, Director, Children & Youth Programmes, Search for Common Ground

Dr. Leslie A. Pal, Founding Dean, College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Moderator)

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