MEDIA ADVISORY
Date and Time: Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 5:00 P.M. CET | 4:00 P.M. GMT | 11:00 A.M. EST | 8:00 A.M. PST
Subject: Media Launch Announcing ‘A Recovery Plan for the World - The Recover Better Together’ Campaign
This event is co-hosted by the international advocacy organization Global Citizen, the European Commission and the World Health Organization.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General; European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen; and Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Citizen, will be joined by special guests to discuss plans for recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic for all people, everywhere.
This will include the launch of Global Citizen’s five-point policy plan, titled A Recovery Plan for the World, which involves a year-long campaign and series of events spanning hunger, learning, planet, equity for all, which adds to global efforts to build back better from the pandemic, including the WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19.
PANELISTS:
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organization
Her Excellency Ursula von der Leyen, President, European Commission
Hugh Evans, Co-Founder & CEO, Global Citizen
His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Hugh Jackman, Actor, Singer, Producer & Global Citizen Ambassador
Billie Eilish, Artist, Songwriter & Activist
Declan Kelly, Chairman & CEO, Teneo
Press are welcome to watch and listen in here: https://www.youtube.com/who.
