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During an informal dialogue with Members States as a candidate for a second term, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “today’s complex challenges can only inspire a humble approach,” adding that the world needs a Secretary-General who works “as a convener, a mediator, a bridgebuilder, and honest broker to help find solutions that benefit everyone involved and to overcome the challenges.” UNIFEED

A new wave of COVID-19 infections is spreading like “wildfire” across India, leaving many youngsters destitute, amid reports of four new cases every second and more than two deaths every minute, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said. UNTV CH

The World Health Organization’s Representative in India, Dr Roderico Ofrin, said the country’s COVID-19 crisis is multi-factorial and stressed the need to be “ahead of the game” in terms of response and preparedness as the “tools are the same.” UN NEWS / UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated all involved in bringing an end to the 12th Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and stressed the need for continued vigilance to prevent a return of the disease and in containing other health challenges. WHO

WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said he was encouraged by the demonstration of international support for India in the face of its “severe” COVID-19 crisis, but warned that other countries were also still experiencing “intense transmission” and Brazil is “one of the countries that has been hit hardest” by the pandemic. WHO

Unequal vaccine distribution self-defeating, World Health Organization Chief tells Economic and Social Council’s Special Ministerial Meeting.

Concluding Financing for Development Forum, ministers reaffirm commitment to strengthen multilateral cooperation, solidarity in combating Ill effects of COVID-19.

Concluding Financing for Development Forum, ministers reaffirm commitment to strengthen multilateral cooperation, solidarity in combating Ill effects of COVID-19.

Women still suffering in war zones, Special Representative tells Security Council, highlighting unmet global commitments to victims of sexual violence.

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