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

General Assembly reappoints Secretary-General to second five-year term, adopting resolution condemning lethal violence by Myanmar’s armed forces.

General Assembly reappoints Secretary-General to second five-year term, adopting resolution condemning lethal violence by Myanmar’s armed forces.

António Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as his priority, to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic. UNIFEED

Security Council weighs benefits, drawbacks of video-teleconference meetings, other pandemic-era innovations, in annual debate on working methods.

Briefing by Amy Quantrill, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

Press Conference: The 14th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

The insecurity in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, an oil rich and agricultural potential area, ravaged by a six years civil war, then followed by a fragile peace, is currently undergoing a difficult transition from war to a sustainable, durable peace. UNMISS

Current battle to end COVID-19 pandemic must not cost war against HIV/AIDS, speakers warn General Assembly on day three of high-level meeting.

The IMF has put forward a USD 50 billion proposal to end the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022, the IMF spokesperson said on Thursday, specifying that “the vast majority of that should come in grant form for the most vulnerable countries.” IMF