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14 December 2020

World Review podcast: Aid in the time of Covid

The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Jeremy Cliffe and Emily Tamkin.

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Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator attends a meeting about the situation in Venezuela at the United Nations in New York on April 10, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

On this week’s episode of World Review from the New Statesman, Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC are joined by Mark Lowcock, the United Nations’ under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. They discuss how Covid-19 has impacted the Global South, what aid should look like during this time, and whether societal institutions will survive the difficulties of 2020.

Read more: Ido Vock’s interview with Lowcock on the “complete delusion” of vaccine nationalism.

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