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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting that countries in Latin America are returning to growth but need to remain vigilant in the newly released Western Hemisphere Regional Economic Outlook released Thursday (21 Oct) in Washington, DC. IMF

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said the pandemic “is a powerful demonstration of just how much we rely on health workers, and how vulnerable we all are when the people who protect our health are themselves unprotected,” after a paper issued by the Organization estimated that some “115,000 health workers may have died from COVID-19 between January 2020 and May this year.” WHO

The IMF is predicting that the pandemic has permanently lowered the path of real GDP in sub-Saharan Africa, suggesting a loss of real per capita output of close to 5.6 percent in the latest issue of the sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook report released Thursday in Washington, D.C. IMF

UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Huang Xia highlighted to the Security Council the necessity to “sustainably build on these accomplishments while firmly addressing the challenges that persist” in the region. UNIFEED

Briefing by Monica Grayley, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly.

The IMF is downgrading economic growth in Asia due to COVID-19 and warning that US financial tightening to combat inflation may negatively impact the region in the newly released Asia Pacific Regional Economic Outlook released Wednesday (19 Oct) in Washington, DC. IMF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said another shameful milestone has been reached in the conflict in Yemen with 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015. UNTV CH

The recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia region is uneven and incomplete and must fully take hold throughout the region, announced the IMF in a press briefing held to launch the Middle East and Central Asia’s latest Regional Economic Outlook report. IMF

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.