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Cooperation in tackling COVID-19 key to averting lengthy global recession, speakers say, as Economic and Social Council opens annual financing for Development Forum.

Cooperation in tackling COVID-19 key to averting lengthy global recession, speakers say, as Economic and Social Council opens annual financing for Development Forum.

Secretary-General António Guterres noted that just 10 countries account for around 75 percent of global COVID-19 vaccinations, while other countries have yet to start. He said, “a global vaccine gap threatens everyone’s health and wellbeing.” UNIFEED

At Security Council debate, speakers call for end to indiscriminate use of improvised explosive devices presidential statement urges Including mine action in ceasefire, peace agreements.

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that as conflict has become more urbanized, “armed groups are proliferating and the use of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, is increasing.” Access and mobility hurdles due to COVID-19, he added, are “complicating efforts to mitigate and respond to the threat.” UNIFEED

10th Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum on the theme, "A Decade of Action: Building a Resilient Recovery".

UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said much work remains to be done before Security Council Resolution 2118 can be considered implemented and stressed that the use of Chemical weapons “must always be seen as a clear violation of a deeply held taboo.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on peacekeepers in Mali in which four Chadian peacekeepers were killed and 34 others were injured, according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Secretary-General on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including developments on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254 (2015), on the humanitarian situation and on human rights.

Addressing a General Assembly Informal meeting on the situation in Syria, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “a decade of conflict, corruption, mismanagement, regional financial crises, sanctions, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have led to Syria’s economic meltdown and soaring poverty levels.” UNIFEED