26/08/2022
(UN News)* — There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year – a “tragic milestone” that must lead to more people being vaccinated against the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported on Thursday {25 August 2022}.
© UNICEF/Priyanka Parashar | COVID-19 vaccinations are administered at a hospital in Odisha, India.
“We cannot say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when one million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone, when we are two-and-a-half years into the pandemic and have all the tools necessary to prevent these deaths,” said Tedros, speaking during his regular briefing from Geneva.
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26/08/2022
(UN News)* — Managing the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is no substitute for a real political process, a truth laid bare by recent events, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Thursday [25 August 2022], as he urged delegates to turn their attention to the broader strategy of ending the occupation and realizing the long elusive two-State solution.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe | Tor Wennesland (on screen), Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
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