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WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove said, “We have heard some people suggest that Omicron is just mild. That's not the case. There is evidence that Omicron is causing less severe disease, but it doesn't mean that Omicron is mild and Omicron is not the common cold.” WHO

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “Today, the nations of the world have made a strong statement that health security is too important to be left to chance, or goodwill, or shifting geopolitical currents, or vested interests." WHO

At the opening of a special session of the World Health Assembly, WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said the emergence of the “highly-mutated” Omicron variant is “another reminder that although many of us might think we are done with COVID-19, it is not done with us." WHO

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said conflict prevention is “the very reason the United Nations exists,” adding that the Organization was created “out of the ashes of the Second World War with the intention, embedded in our Charter, to never again subject humanity to war’s inhumanity.” UNIFEED

Amid threats to sustainable development progress, partnership key to end climate, COVID‑19 crises, Economic and Social Council President tells General Assembly.

Economic and Social Council elects Vice-President, adopts agenda for 2022 session.

Delegates urge swift, permanent end to existing atomic bombs, as General Assembly marks International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Delegates urge swift, permanent end to existing atomic bombs, as General Assembly marks International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 21-27 September 2021).