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

World leaders in General Assembly adopt political declaration pledging urgent, transformative action to stop global AIDS epidemic by 2030.

World leaders in General Assembly adopt political declaration pledging urgent, transformative action to stop global AIDS epidemic by 2030.

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

Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council expresses concern about devastating impact of COVID-19 on Africa, urges greater cooperation.

Ministers in Security Council stress need to adapt, reform ancient United Nations structures, as multilateralism erodes under weight of multiple challenges.

Unequal vaccine distribution self-defeating, World Health Organization Chief tells Economic and Social Council’s Special Ministerial Meeting.

Addressing an ECOSOC Special Ministerial Meeting on a Vaccine for All, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “vaccine equity is the challenge of our time. And we are failing.” UNIFEED

Prospects for a quick recovery in world trade have improved as trade recovered more quickly than expected in the second half of last year, with the WTO forecasting world merchandise trade volume will increase by 8 percent in 2021 and 4 percent in 2022 after contracting 5.3 percent in 2020. WTO

With many countries continuing to struggle to overcome the human and economic devastation from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres noted that “many developing countries cannot invest in recovery and resilience, because of financing constraints,” and stressed that “the global community must urgently provide the necessary support to all developing countries in need.” UNIFEED