"DEVELOPING COUNTRIES"

Condemning Holocaust denial, General Assembly adopts resolution urging development of educational programmes to prevent genocide acts among future generations.

President of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid outlines his priorities for the remainder of the seventy-sixth session.

Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the global economic recovery remains fragile, adding “the last two years have demonstrated a simple but brutal truth — if we leave anyone behind, we leave everyone behind.” UNIFEED

UN chief António Guterres said, “the Group of 77 and China is a vital part of our work. Your engagement and promotion of developing country priorities — and your support to our Organization — will be needed now, more than ever.” UNIFEED

The Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (from Guinea to Pakistan) holds its annual handover ceremony in virtual format.

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED / FILE

General Assembly takes action on Second Committee reports by adopting 37 resolutions, 2 decisions.

Secretary-General António Guterres said “COVID-19 is not going away," and stressed that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way.” UNIFEED

After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum remains more relevant than ever, citing action on COVID-19 vaccine inequity, climate change and no less than five Special Sessions in Geneva. UNTV CH