28 April 2020 - The GPM endorsed the Solidarity Statement 'Advancing Health, Reforcing Peace' by Peace in Our Cities. Mayors stand in solidarity with one another on the frontlines of response to COVID-19. Inspired by the United Nations Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire and appeal for peace in homes, we: Urge an immediate [...]
24 April 2020 - In every crisis it is the poor, sick, disabled, homeless and displaced who suffer the most. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Migrants and refugees, people who shed one life in search for another, are among the most at risk. This is because they are often confined to sub-standard and overcrowded homes, [...]
April 22, 2020 - The Global Parliament of Mayors initiated the Corona Crisis: Mayors Act Now Campaign to keep mayors informed and connected during the biggest global challenge of the 21st century, but pandemic preparedness is no new priority for the GPM. In 2018, mayors supported the GPM Bristol Declaration, which was established with the [...]
22 April 2020 - Call from Mayor Leoluca Orlando of Palermo and GPM Executive Committee member: The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has recently declared that “we need a Marshall Plan for Europe”. I am contacting you to ask you to join our initiative and relaunch it together with Mayors from [...]
22 April 2020 - In a joint letter published together with the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, Milan, Giuseppe Sala and Barcelona, Ada Colau; Mayors have asked the European Union to not apply austerity measures as a way out of the economic crisis resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Colau, Hidalgo, Halsema and Sala [...]
A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus walks next to commercial buildings in the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on April 14. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images 20 April 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world's bustling cities to a screeching halt. [...]
The Mayor of Bogota, Claudia Lopez, uploaded a video on her social media showing her followers how to create a homemade face mask, using things you will easily find in your house. For this project you will need an old t-shirt, scissors, a napkin, and two elastic rubbers. First, you start by cutting [...]
With Sierra Leone in the midsts of a three-day lockdown, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr took time out to speak to France24. As city authority Mayor Aki-Sawyerr is focused to help the most vulnerable residents with the help of partners by providing more water to those communities in most need. Social distancing does not [...]
By IVO DAALDER CHICAGO TRIBUNE | APR 09, 2020 | 1:21 PM The performance of a new coronavirus vaccine is tested at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, but the finished product remains in production.(Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer) For the past 30 years, international politics have been shaped by two fundamental realities: America’s unrivaled power and the forces of [...]
