"FINANCING"

Opening of the annual handover ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 (from Guyana to Guinea).

The IMF will remain committed to help members secure a durable exit from the COVID-19 crisis, minimize its long-term scarring, and build forward a stronger, fairer, and greener economy spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters today. IMF

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths said he is “extremely concerned about the impact of the decision from the United States to designate Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.” UNIFEED

20 years after adopting landmark anti-terrorism resolution, Security Council resolves to strengthen international response against heinous acts, in Presidential Statement.

A virtual roundtable attended by the UN Secretary General, COP President and Foreign Secretary, and representatives from countries that are key to the success of the Energy Transitions Council, which aims to accelerate the transition from coal to clean power. The focus was on the need to rapidly shift to green, affordable and resilient power systems, a priority of the COP26 Presidency, as well as the importance of a just transition and green job opportunities. Investors and multilateral development banks (MDBs) were also invited to talk about financing the clean power transition and the policy environment needed.

“The main objective of the United Nations in 2021 is to build a true global coalition for carbon neutrality,” the UN secretary-General said at the One Planet Summit for Biodiversity on Monday. GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE

The WHO urged “countries that have contracted more vaccines than they will need” and those who control the global supply of the Covid-19 vaccines “to donate and release them to COVAX immediately, which is ready today to roll them out quickly. " WHO

With extreme poverty rising amid Covid-19 pandemic, more action key to ending vicious cycle in conflict-affected, fragile countries, top officials tell Security Council.

The World Bank Group said it expects the global economy to expand by 4 percent this year, if a COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout 2021. WORLD BANK

Days before Sunday’s election, the Security Council has approved Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ proposal “for the temporary redeployment, for a two-month period, of two infantry companies and two military utility helicopters from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to assist the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), a UN spokesperson said today. UNIFEED