"VACCINATION"

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

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

“Kosovo remains under relentless pressure from the spread of the COVID-19 virus,” causing over 2,000 deaths in total, “one of the highest per capita” in the world, said the top UN official in Kosovo Zahir Tanin. UNIFEED

Cooperation in tackling COVID-19 key to averting lengthy global recession, speakers say, as Economic and Social Council opens annual financing for Development Forum.

Cooperation in tackling COVID-19 key to averting lengthy global recession, speakers say, as Economic and Social Council opens annual financing for Development Forum.

Special Envoy updates Security Council on new strategy for consolidating peace, preventing conflict in Great Lakes region.

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

UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region said he is “particularly concerned about the level of violence which continues to affect the security of individuals, in particular that of women and young people,” in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres noted that just 10 countries account for around 75 percent of global COVID-19 vaccinations, while other countries have yet to start. He said, “a global vaccine gap threatens everyone’s health and wellbeing.” UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over,” but stressed that with a “concerted effort to apply public health measures alongside equitable vaccination, we could bring this pandemic under control in a matter of months.” WHO