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UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramilla Patten said building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic requires an “inclusive, intersectional, and gender-informed approach” and demands a paradigm shift: “to silence the guns and amplify the voices of women; to invest in public welfare rather than the instruments of warfare.” UNIFEED

Asia is growing strongly in 2021, but there is still much uncertainty and risk to the economic outlook, the IMF says in the newly released Asia Pacific Regional Economic Outlook released today in Washington, DC. IMF

At Security Council debate, speakers call for end to indiscriminate use of improvised explosive devices presidential statement urges Including mine action in ceasefire, peace agreements.

10th Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum on the theme, "A Decade of Action: Building a Resilient Recovery".

At a virtual event remembering the victims of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said preventing history from repeating itself requires countering the “hate-driven movements that have become a transnational threat.” UNIFEED

The report of the international team on their Wuhan field visit, from 14 January to 10 February, was published today as WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for further studies. WHO

Addressing a General Assembly Informal meeting on the situation in Syria, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “a decade of conflict, corruption, mismanagement, regional financial crises, sanctions, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have led to Syria’s economic meltdown and soaring poverty levels.” UNIFEED

Delegates stress need for reckoning with slavery’s role in perpetuating bias, inequality, as General Assembly marks International Day to Remember Victims.

Secretary-General António Guterres expressed support for initiatives “to reclaim, recover and reconstitute the history of those who were enslaved,” and said, “ending slavery’s legacy of racism is a global imperative for justice.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “profoundly concerned about the rise of violence against Asians and people of Asian descent during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED