Launch of pledge: Building a better future for all, with human rights at its heart

A growing number of UN Member States are signing a Sustainable Recovery Pledge to build back better from the pandemic, using the 2030 Agenda, grounded in States’ human rights obligations, as well as the Paris Agreement, as the blueprint. 

Link to the pledge and list of signatories and supporters: 

https://fngeneve.um.dk/en/copy-of-human-rights/sustainable-recovery-pledge

The Sustainable Recovery Pledge was launched on Wednesday June 30th in an online event in conjunction with the 47th session of the Human Rights Council. At the launch, government representatives pledged their commitments while senior UN officials, civil society, prominent business representatives, and human rights experts reflected on essential aspects of sustainable recovery that are linked to human rights and the SDGs in this decade of action.

VIDEO: Recording of the online launch of the Sustainable Recovery Pledge

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List of speakers at the launch (in order of appearance)

Deputy Executive Director, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Ms. Eva Grambye (Moderator)

High level opening:

• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Mr. Jeppe Kofod
• Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Mr. Andrés Allamand 

States’ reflections on pledge commitments:

• Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations and other international agencies in Geneva, Ambassador Lucy Duncan
• Permanent Representative of Marshall Islands to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Doreen de Brum
• Permanent Representative of Finland to International Organisations in Geneva, Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi
• Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Vaqif Sadiqov
• Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva, Ambassador Andrius Krivas
• Permanent Representative of Poland to United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva, Ambassador Zbigniew Czech
• Chargé d'affaires at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Fiji to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Mr. Anare Leweniqilia
• Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative and Charges d'affaires at the Permanent Mission of Thailand to the United Nations in Geneva, Rongvudh Virabutr

Support and reflections from non-state actors and other supporters:

• Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary General, United Nations Population Fund, Ms. Diene Keita
• UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association, Mr. Clément Voule
• Executive Director, Network of African National Human Rights Institutions, Mr. Gilbert Sebihogo
• Global Focal Point, YOUNGO, the official youth constituency of UNFCCC on behalf of the Major Group Children and Youth, Ms. Marie-Claire Graf
• Latin America and the Caribbean OP and the Co-chair of the Women Major Group, Ms. Mabel Bianco
• Co-convener of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group, Ms. Joan Carling
• Head of Geneva Office, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation: Ms. Susan Wilding
• International Chamber of Commerce Representative Director, Geneva, and Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, Mr. Crispin Conroy
• Director of Engagement, World Benchmarking Alliance, Ms. Pauliina Murphy
• Director, Equal Rights Trust, Mr. Jim Fitzgerald

The launch Sustainable Recovery Pledge was hosted by

• The Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN in Geneva 
• Universal Rights Group 
• The Danish Institute for Human Rights 

The launch Sustainable Recovery Pledge was co-sponsored by

• Chile
• Fiji