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Women Heads of State and Government met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-level Week to discuss global issues in the newly created UNGA Platform of Women Leaders. UNIFEED

Informal meeting of the General Assembly to allow the Independent Panel for Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) to brief the membership on their findings and recommendations, as contained in their final report

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

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO

Following the release of a landmark report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet on children’s health, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “The health of children everywhere is at risk. We can do more, and we must do more. Our children, our young people, deserve better.” WHO

Press Briefing on gender equality and women’s leadership for a sustainable world.

Informal Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on Gender Equality and Women's Leadership for a Sustainable World - A Panel Discussion with the President's Group of Gender Equality.

“No country has achieved full gender equality and women continue to face discrimination in every region of the world,” President of the General Assembly, Maria Espinosa said at the opening of a high-level meeting of the Assembly titled “Gender equality and women’s leadership for a sustainable world.” UNIFEED

General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa told delegates to the annual summit of women activists at UN Headquarters in New York that there has been a regression in the number of women leaders around the world. UNIFEED

General Assembly confirms appointment of Achim Steiner as United Nations Development Programme Administrator at 79th meeting of 71st session.