Right to participation matters more than ever: UN Secretary-General Meaningful public participation in decision-making is a human right that must be defended and enhanced in the face of pushback, an imperative heightened by crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told an OHCHR event at the UN General Assembly.

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High Commissioner calls for States to build smart, universal social protection systems Every State has an interest in ensuring that no-one is left behind. COVID-19 has once again hammered home that message: we are only truly safe if all of us are safe. Even in a time of crisis – perhaps especially at a time of crisis – social protection systems are relatively small investments that return very powerful dividends.

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