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Children in Kenya get vaccinated with the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S vaccine, one of the three pilot countries that participated in the Malaria vaccine implementation programme. UNICEF

Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme and signals that scale-up of vaccination against malaria across the highest-risk areas on the African continent will begin shortly. UNICEF

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

World leaders gathered at UN Headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual General Debate. UNIFEED

George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Noon Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A new report outlines an ambitious plan to strengthen the multilateral system, ensuring it is better positioned to address current and future challenges – from the climate crisis to rising inequality, lack of finance for sustainable development, and increasing threats to democracy and stability. UNIFEED

Informal briefing by Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations on the situation in Libya and Sudan

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.