"SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY"

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

Economic and Social Council fills 15 vacancies in eight subsidiary bodies, nominates additional member for Programme and Coordination Committee.

General Assembly, adopting 66 First Committee texts, calls on States to revitalize stalled disarmament machinery, tackle chronic, emerging security threats.

Briefing by Munir Akram, seventy-sixth President of the Economic and Social Council and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, on his vision and priorities during his presidency.

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

Briefing by Brenden Varma, Spokesperson for the President of the 75th Session of the General Assembly.

The Directors-General of UNESCO and WHO and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a joint appeal reaffirming the fundamental right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, and advocating for open, inclusive and collaborative science. UNIFEED

Newly elected President discusses key role of Economic and Social Council in tackling COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, as 2021 organizational session begins.

7th meeting of the High-Level Political Forum (HPLF) on Sustainable Development (7-16 July 2020) held under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council.

The progress made in testing COVID-19 samples at Somalia’s primary reference laboratory was hailed as critical to the Somali response to the coronavirus pandemic by the United Nations envoy to the country – and with an important role to play in its future. UNSOM