"COTE D'IVOIRE"

With support, refugees in Cote d’Ivoire are starting to rebuild businesses affected by the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. UNHCR

Filling vacancies in five subsidiary bodies, Economic and Social Council also approves nominations for two others, elects Vice-President of 2022 session.

Disruptions and delays to HIV services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to declines in HIV testing and diagnoses in 2020 for the first time in more than two decades. UNITAID

Close to 300 Ebola contacts identified in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 109 more in Guinea, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, airlifted 95 tonnes of emergency supplies to Liberia to support Ivorian refugees who have fled conflict in Cote d’Ivoire. Clashes between opposition and pro-government supporters in Côte d’Ivoire’s Central and West-Central regions have left at least 85 people dead and hundreds injured. UNHCR

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

The head of the UN health agency (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said today that Governments should continue to treat containment of the coronavirus as a priority. WHO

Presenting his latest report to the Security Council, the Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas, painted a picture of relentless attacks on civilian and military targets in the region that, he said, have “shaken public confidence. UNIFEED

The UN Security Council failed to adopt two competing draft resolutions aimed at authorizing cross-border deliveries of humanitarian assistance in Syria. UNIFEED

Special Envoy calls launch of Constitutional Committee for Syria ‘historic moment’, but warns Security Council conditions on ground must improve at 8674th meeting.