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Daily Wrap 22 September 2020 UN Photo/Manuel Elias COVID-19 pandemic should be 'shock' to UN, revive multilateral order, France's Macron tells world leaders The coronavirus pandemic requires cooperation between nations and should serve as an "electric shock" to wake up the United Nations, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed on Tuesday during the General Assembly's annual high-level debate, held virtually this year. UN Affairs UN Photo/Manuel Elias Forgetting lesson of history 'short-sighted', Russia's Putin says, calls for cooperation to tackle health challenges Addressing the General Assembly's annual high-level debate, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called on the international community to strengthen cooperation on a range of pressing issues and praised the UN's successes, particularly through adherence to the world body's Charter, in ensuring the post-war peace.  UN Affairs UN Photo/Manuel Elias Iran not a 'bargaining chip', President Rouhani tells world leaders at UN Iran is not a "bargaining chip" to be factored into elections and domestic policy in the United States, the country's President, Hassan Rouhani has said, stressing that the overall era of dominance and hegemony by a few world powers is "long over."  UN Affairs UN Photo/Manuel Elias Republic of Korea stresses support for developing nations during COVID-19 The President of the Republic of Korea has signaled his country's support to developing nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes ensuring they have equitable access to any vaccines against the deadly new coronavirus.   UN Affairs UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe South African President warns pandemic has set back African development Despite the continent-wide approach taken by African countries to combat COVID-19, the pandemic has set back their development aspirations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. UN Affairs UN Photo/Manuel Elias 'Joint action' indispensable in addressing global challenges – Emir of Qatar  As the world enters the threshold of the century's third decade, it continues to face "emerging and unprecedented challenges", Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, told the opening session of the UN High-level General Debate on Tuesday. UN Affairs UN Photo/Manuel Elias At UN General Assembly, Philippines' Duterte denounces groups 'weaponizing' human rights While every country has its own strategy to fight coronavirus, the world needs coordinated international efforts and a common purpose to end the crisis, the President of the Philippines said on Tuesday, underlining the importance of universal access to anti-COVID-19 technologies in the recovery from global pandemic.  UN Affairs UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe 'Enhance solidarity' to fight COVID-19, Chinese President urges, also pledges carbon neutrality by 2060 The Chinese President Xi Jinping called for enhanced international solidarity to fight the coronavirus on Tuesday during his UN General Assembly address, declaring that his country would aim to become carbon neutral, in the wider battle against climate change, by 2060.  UN Affairs UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Look at both 'full and empty parts' of global glass, Turkey urges Member States Speaking on the first day of the UN High-level General Debate, the President of Turkey stressed the need to "accurately and sincerely evaluate" what is happening in the world today. UN Affairs UN Photo/Manuel Elias Unlike neoliberalism, coronavirus does not favour 'richest one per cent', Cuban President tells world leaders Faced with a global pandemic that has infected millions, killed thousands, forced borders to close, upended economies, and drastically changed lives, the world today needs the United Nations today as much as it did 75 years ago, the President of Cuba underlined on Tuesday.  UN Affairs UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Brazilian President outlines action taken to address COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has highlighted social and economic measures his administration implemented, to address the COVID-19 pandemic and what he views as the politicization of the virus in South America's largest country.  UN Affairs UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Renew 'collective commitment to multilateralism', urges Assembly president The COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented world leaders coming to New York to address the General Assembly in person, but the president of the world body stressed on Tuesday that the need for deliberation, is "higher than ever". Human Rights UN Photo/Rick Bajornas US delivering 'peace through strength': President Trump tells UN Speaking on Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump lauded the military power of his country, which, he said, demonstrates that the country is "fulfilling its destiny as peacemaker, but it is peace through strength". UN Affairs UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN chief appeals for global solidarity at General Assembly, warns COVID is 'dress rehearsal' for challenges ahead In his centerpiece address to the historic and unprecedented 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19, and again call for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, by the end of the year.  UN Affairs © UNICEF/Nyan Zay Htet Myanmar: Mounting child death toll during Rakhine village assaults must end, urges rights expert The assaults by security forces in Myanmar on villages in Rakhine state "need to stop", and a ceasefire should be declared immediately, said the UN independent rights expert on the situation across the country on Tuesday. Human Rights UN Photo/Manuel Elias Sign of the times: COVID-19 response and recovery must be accessible says Guterres This year's International Day of Sign Languages is being commemorated in the midst of a pandemic that has "disrupted and upended lives everywhere", including those of the deaf community, the UN chief said on Wednesday. Human Rights UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Violence leaves more than 300,000 'completely reliant' on assistance in northern Mozambique Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes and villages in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, leaving them completely reliant on humanitarian assistance, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said.  Humanitarian Aid Coronavirus Portal & News Updates Readers can find information and guidance on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from the UN, World Health Organization and UN agencies here. 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