Shura Council Participates in Webinar on Responsiveness of COVID-19 Containment Measures

09 June 2020




The Shura Council participated on Tuesday in a webinar for parliamentarians on the responsiveness of COVID-19 containment measures to the sustainable development goals held by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), and Parliamentarians for the Global Goals.

Discussions during the webinar focused on best practices for pandemic prevention and restarting the global economy in a sustainable and comprehensive manner guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.

The Shura Council was represented by HE Nasser bin Sulaiman Al Hayder, a member of the Council, in this webinar in which international experts in the fields of public health, economics, and other fields participated.