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WHO’s Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “at the World Health Assembly this week, there has been broad consensus that ensuring equitable access to vaccines is essential for ending the COVID-19 pandemic." WHO

Secretary-General António Guterres said, “this is a race against time,” and added that unless COVID-19 vaccines are made available in quick and equitable way, “mutations in the global south will undermine the vaccination campaign in the global north.” UNIFEED

With a focus for this year’s International Day of UN Peacekeepers on youth, peace and security, the UN chief told a commemorative ceremony on Thursday “despite COVID-19, across all our missions, peacekeepers have not only been adapting to continue to deliver their core tasks, they are also assisting national and community efforts to fight the virus.” UNIFEED

UN Resident Coordinator in India Renata Lok-Dessallien said the “intensity and the speed of the rise” of the second COVID-19 wave in the country “took us all by surprise,” adding in preparation for a third wave, “we have to be a little bit humble.” UN NEWS / UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of “the dangers of a two-speed global response” to COVID-19 and stressed that the pandemic “cannot be beaten one country at a time.” UNIFEED

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the World Health Assembly today (24 May), "Almost 18 months into the defining health crisis of our age, the world remains in a very dangerous situation,” and described the ongoing vaccine crisis as a “scandalous inequity.” WHO

Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s Managing Director announced Friday at the Global Health Forum the IMF’s USD 50 billion proposal to end the COVID- 19 pandemic. IMF

A UN spokesperson said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) made a flash appeal for 38 million USD in emergency funding to “respond to the immediate needs and to carry out essential emergency interventions in Gaza.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres today said recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic “offers an opportunity to address the root causes of conflict, put prevention at the forefront of our efforts, and implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.” UNIFEED

Under the leadership of the Government of Bangladesh, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a $943 million plan to “safeguard the well-being and dignity” of Rohingya refugees in the country and their host communities. UNHCR