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Press briefing by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, during the G7 Summit.

Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis urgently need greater support from the international community, UN humanitarians said today, ahead of a donor conference hosted by Canada next week. UNTV CH

The World Bank Group revealed on Tuesday that it expects the global economy to expand 5.6 per cent in 2021, the fastest post-recession pace in 80 years. However, many emerging market and developing economies continue to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, according to the World Bank’s “Global Economic Prospects” report. WORLD BANK GROUP

The heads of the world’s predominant global financing, health and trade agencies have united to urge government leaders to urgently finance a new $50 billion roadmap to accelerate the equitable distribution of health tools to help end the pandemic that has devastated lives and livelihoods for 18 months and also set the foundations for a truly global recovery, as well as enhanced health security. WHO

Lynn Hastings, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, briefs the press on the launch of a $95 million flash appeal to support people in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

In his remarks to the Africa Dialogue Series (ADS), Secretary-General António Guterres said “it is totally unacceptable that vaccines are not now fully available to the African continent, that Africa is dramatically lagging behind in vaccination because of a lack of vaccines available to the African continent.” UNIFEED

Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s Managing Director announced Friday at the Global Health Forum the IMF’s USD 50 billion proposal to end the COVID- 19 pandemic. IMF

The World Bank said today that remittance flows – the money that international migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries – remained resilient in 2020, declining just 1.6 percent year-over-year despite dire predictions earlier in the pandemic. WORLD BANK

The first COVAX shipment of 348,000 doses of AstraZeneca ‘Covishield’ vaccines safely arrived in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu before being distributed to provinces and municipalities across the country. WHO

The arrival in Kabul of 468,000 doses of the COVISHIELD vaccine marked a milestone moment, as Afghanistan is the first country in central Asia to receive the vaccine via the COVAX – the facility that is set to deliver at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021. WHO