Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily A. Nebenzia (Russian Federation):

Multilateralism and international cooperation are needed to ensure less developed countries can adequately address the enormous challenges posed by the COVID‑19 pandemic, experts told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, as delegates engaged with them in animated virtual discussions covering the right to development and the use of unilateral coercive measures.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily Nebenzia (Russian Federation):

The new Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, presented his credentials to the Secretariat today.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) tackled broad questions of torture, counter‑terrorism and judicial independence today, as delegates engaged with United Nations experts in addressing eroded prison conditions, underfunding of the treaty body system, and at times, outright denial of international humanitarian law, frequently triggered by COVID‑19.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as delivered at the Women Leaders in Global Health Conference, today:

While dubbing the New Urban Agenda an engine for economic growth, poverty reduction and environmental protection, especially during the COVID‑19 pandemic, delegates also lamented insufficient funding to keep its wheels turning, as the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) took up the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‑Habitat) today.