"VACCINATION"

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO

Mher Margaryan, Vice-President of ECOSOC (Armenia), chairs a discussion to help prepare the thematic reviews of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which takes place between 7 and 16 July.

A WHO official said the Organization was “encouraged” by the progress made on candidate COVID-19 vaccines and was “looking forward” to clinical trial results as five vaccines move into phase two of research and one moved to phase three. WHO

Virtual press conference by Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications on the launch of the "Pause": Misinformation Campaign.

WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best and the worst of humanity, and stressed, "We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives. But the hard reality is: This is not even close to being over." WHO

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced a massive rise in the number of hungry people it plans to assist around the world, as the devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic push millions more people into food insecurity in low- and middle-income countries. WFP

Up to 1.5 million Afghan nomads face hunger and hardship due to the extended lockdown in Afghanistan. For the last 3 months, the Kuchi nomadic tribes have been left with little income and a shortage of food. The closure of the main markets has left them few places to trade and earn a living. IFAD

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus said to bring COVID-19 under control, it is clear that “we need effective vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics – in unprecedented quantities and at unprecedented speed.” WHO

Briefing Security Council, Afghanistan mission head expresses optimism government, Taliban will enter talks, concern over impact of COVID-19 on mandate.

After nearly two years and 2,280 deaths, the world’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is finally over, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. WHO