79. 该集团欢迎最近举行的生物多样性问题峰会，这次峰会强调需要在生产、消费和自然之间达成可持续的平衡，并欢迎在 2021 年召开世界粮食体系峰会和能源问题高级别对话。该集团积极参与了在冠状病毒病时代及其后发展筹资倡议下举行的磋商。非洲面临一系列结构性困难，不应允许非洲因冠状病毒病所产生的经济、社会和环境冲击而受到过大的影响。南南合作在应对这一大流行病的影响方面已经取得了积极成果。
79. The Group welcomed the holding of the recent summit on biodiversity, which had underscored the need for a sustainable balance between production, consumption and nature, and the convening of the world food systems summit and the High-level Dialogue on Energy in 2021. It had taken an active part in consultations under the Initiative on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond. Africa, which faced a range of structural difficulties, should not be allowed to be disproportionately affected by the economic, social and environmental impacts of COVID-19. South-South cooperation had already produced positive results in addressing the repercussions of the pandemic.