In his statement to the Global Health Summit Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the pandemic is 'still very much with us, thriving and mutating'.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' statement comes against the backdrop of multiple shootings this month around Atlanta that killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women.
Arora Akanksha, who has an Overseas Citizenship of India, works with the UNDP and is aiming to succeed incumbent UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres.
UN chief Antonio Guterres also expressed his condolences to the families of the victims in Uttarakhand. UNGA President Volkan Bozkir said he is closely following the situation.
The UN chief encouraged people who has access to the vaccine to be vaccinated, saying it was a service not only to ourselves but to the whole community.
Biden signed several key executive orders just hours after being sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States, including rejoining the Paris climate accord.
Guterres assumed office in January 2017 for a five-year term. Diplomats say he was waiting for the results of the US presidential election before coming to a decision.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Guterres pointed out that extreme poverty is rising, the threat of famine looms and the world faces the biggest global recession in eight decades.
Heads of State and Government will submit a pre-recorded video statements for summits and sessions that will be played in the iconic General Assembly hall this year.
Donald Trump has been vocal about India’s high import tariffs and has threatened retaliation. Simultaneously, his tough stand on China could see Chinese goods flood India.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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