"CARLOS ALVARADO QUESADA"

Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 21-27 September 2021).

WHO’s Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “at the World Health Assembly this week, there has been broad consensus that ensuring equitable access to vaccines is essential for ending the COVID-19 pandemic." WHO

The international community should work together “towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response” to build a more robust global health architecture that will protect future generations, world leaders said in a commentary published today in several newspapers around the world. WHO

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, together with the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, convene a virtual Meeting of Heads of State and Government to discuss the international debt architecture and liquidity as part of the Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond Initiative (FfDI).

Make bold environmental action central focus of post pandemic economic recovery, speakers urge as General Assembly holds first ever global biodiversity summit.

Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 22 – 29 September 2020).

World leaders adopt Declaration promising safer, more resilient world for future generations, as General Assembly marks United Nations Seventy-Fifth Anniversary.

World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Friday discussed reports from Europe and North America of children developing a multisystem inflammatory condition with some features similar to Kawasaki’s disease and toxic shock syndrome that may be related to COVID-19. WHO

World leaders and ministers arrived Tuesday in Geneva for the first-ever Global Refugee Forum. UNHCR

Secretary-General deplores reversals in disarmament efforts, as General Assembly commemorates International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.