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Having obtained two-thirds majority of members present and voting and the greatest number of votes, the following 18 States are elected members of ECOSOC for a 3-year term beginning on 1 January 2021: Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Solomon Islands, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.

The General Assembly holds elections for: 1) President of the General Assembly, 2) Non-permanent Members of the Security Council, 3) Members of the Economic and Social Council, by secret ballot without a plenary meeting.

Volkan Bozkir of Turkey was elected President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, while India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway were elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term. 18 States were elected members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a 3-year term. UNIFEED

Launching a policy brief on COVID-19 and mental health, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the virus “is not only attacking our physical health; it is also increasing psychological suffering.” UNIFEED

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

People’s basic human rights are “under assault”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as he launched a Call For Action’’ aimed at boosting equality and reducing suffering everywhere. UNTV CH

To rebuild lives, suffering must be acknowledged, ‘justice done’, human rights High Commissioner says, as Security Council takes up transitional justice.

To rebuild lives, suffering must be acknowledged, ‘justice done’, human rights High Commissioner says, as Security Council takes up transitional justice.

Ngedikes Olai Uludong, Permanent Representative of Palau, Martin Hermann, Permanent Representative of Denmark, Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, and Karen Sack, managing director of Ocean Unite, brief reporters on the forthcoming UN Ocean Conference, slated to take place from 2 to 6 June 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Members of civil society and philanthropic organisations handed over their ‘RISE UP- A Blue Call to Action’ to UN chief Antonio Guterres which represents their plan of action for the UN Ocean Conference set to take place in June. UNIFEED