Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayeh and Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Lucia Elmi launched a $417 million Humanitarian Response Plan to help 1.8 million people over the coming year. The latest assessment found that 2.45 million Palestinians - 47 per cent of the population - need aid.
Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message on the launch of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021, today:
Delegates struck a cautiously hopeful note as the General Assembly completed its special session dedicated to the COVID‑19 pandemic, while stressing the need for multilateral approaches to distributing vaccines and mitigating the pandemic’s wide-ranging fallout.
Against the backdrop of the COVID‑19 pandemic, the General Assembly adopted two health‑related resolutions this morning — one, by recorded vote, underscoring the importance of affordable health care for all and of monitoring the unfolding impact of the novel coronavirus, and another, by consensus, declaring 2021 to 2030 as the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing.
NEW YORK, Friday, 11 December (Department for Operational Support) — On 9 and 10 December, Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support Atul Khare participated in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM+) as a Guest of the Chair.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Jerry Matthews Matjila (South Africa):
The new Permanent Representative of Chad to the United Nations, Ammo Aziza Baroud, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its fifty-second session from 8-11 December. Due to the ongoing challenges associated with the pandemic, the meetings were held virtually. The session was presided over by the Chair, Janet St. Laurent. All the other members of the Committee, namely Richard Quartei Quartey (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Bradley, Anton Kosyanenko and Agus Pramono were in attendance.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
The new Permanent Representative of Chad to the United Nations, Ammo Aziza Baroud, presented her credentials to the Secretariat today.
