(ANSA) - NEW YORK, APRIL 12 - The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, "urged governments to consider a solidarity or heritage tax for those who profited during the pandemic, in order to reduce extreme inequalities".
Guterres then recalled reports that the richest in the world have seen their wealth increase by 5,000 billion in the last year.
Speaking at the opening of the Finance for Development Forum, organized under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc), the Secretary General stressed that "we are missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have bold and creative solutions that strengthen the response and recovery, accelerating at the same time progress on the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement ". "To face the challenges of the future, including those revealed by the COVID - he continued - we need a huge push at the highest political level". (HANDLE).