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The World Health Organization is
calling for equitable distribution of an
eventual COVID-19 vaccine around the world and
noted that all 54 African countries have signed
up to participate in COVAX, a program to develop
and distribute a vaccine the WHO is co-leading
with UNICEF. The health agency said widespread
availability of a fully tested vaccine is
unlikely before mid-2021. Full Story: Reuters
(9/4), Voice of America
(9/3), Xinhua News Agency
(China)
(9/3)
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France has lent its support to a
push by Group of Four members India, Japan,
Germany and Brazil for a formal reform process
at the United Nations Security Council in lieu
of informal talks. China and Italy have pushed
back against the move on behalf of United for
Consensus, a group that includes Pakistan,
Mexico and Egypt. Full Story: India Today
(9/1), The Times of India/Press Trust of
India
(9/2)
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A lack of solidarity and
coordinated pandemic response between countries
has hampered efforts to contain the coronavirus,
resulting in human rights infringements and
exposing flaws in social systems, United Nations
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told members
of leading wealthy and developing nations this
week. Guterres urged G-20 leaders to work
together on a science-based approach to easing
pandemic restrictions and protecting human
rights and dignity. Full Story: The Straits Times (Singapore)
(free content)
(9/4), Xinhua News Agency
(China)
(9/3)
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World Health Organization
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said
older adults are among groups most affected by
the pandemic, but they continue to be dismissed
as not important. "It's a moral bankruptcy," he
said. Full Story: CNN (9/4)
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Gulf News (United Arab
Emirates)/Agence France-Presse (9/4)
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The economic consequences of the
pandemic are affecting more women than men
around the globe, widening the gender gap with
47 million women expected to slide into poverty
by 2021, UN Women says. "The increases in
women's extreme poverty ... are a stark
indictment of deep flaws in the ways we have
constructed our societies and economies," says
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka. Full Story: Reuters (9/2)
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Macau Business
(Macao)/Lusa News Agency (9/4)
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The global community is facing a
dual crisis of the coronavirus and climate
change, and the world must follow the lead of
countries using this moment to prioritize green
energy in their recovery plans, United Nations
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told
participants in an online climate conference
this week. "Our task is not to return to the
pre-pandemic world, but to build back better,"
he said. Full Story: The Associated Press (9/3)
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Foreign parties supporting rival
groups in the battle for control of Libya
continue to violate a United Nations arms
embargo to fortify their positions and keep
weapons flowing into the country, says Stephanie
Williams, interim UN envoy for Libya. Military
action will not solve the conflict, and
negotiations are needed to bring peace to the
region, Williams says. Full Story: The Associated Press
(9/2), Arab News (Saudi Arabia)/Agence
France-Presse
(9/4)
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The Guardian
(London)
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Associated Press of
Pakistan
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