"ALEXANDER DE CROO"

Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 21-27 September 2021).

With more than 1.5 Million lives lost to COVID-19, world leaders in General Assembly demand urgent action to guarantee equitable distribution of life-saving vaccines.

Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development, and Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, brief reporters on the situation in Syria.

Greater cross-border, cross-line access needed for assistance to Syria, Emergency Relief Coordinator tells Security Council.

“The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Idlib and humanitarian needs in other parts of Syria must be a key priority of the UN Security Council,” ministers of Germany and Belgium said in New York on Thursday, calling on the Council, the Secretary-General and the international community, to "get more engaged than what they have been doing up to now.” UNIFEED

The Security Council considers cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security at the 8626th meeting.

Achieving universal health coverage by 2030 hinges on ‘bold national leadership’, Secretary-General tells General Assembly, as world leaders commit to declaration.

Side Event: "Youth with a Vision: #SheIsEqual", organized by Mission of Belgium to the UN. In the presence of Her Majesty the Queen of Belgium, Belgium organized, together with UNICEF, a debate among young people on gender equality.

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

At UN, global leaders commit to act on antimicrobial resistance.