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Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council Expresses Concern about Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Africa, Urges Greater Cooperation (S/PRST/2021/10) - World


Issuing Presidential Statement, Security Council Expresses Concern about Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Africa, Urges Greater Cooperation (S/PRST/2021/10)
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Pandemic Feeding Many Drivers of Conflict, Instability Says Secretary-General
Despite having suffered some of the COVID-19 pandemic’s worst socioeconomic impacts including inflated debt burdens, job losses and worsening conflicts Africa has to date received just 2 per cent of vaccine doses produced globally, the Security Council heard today, as it convened a high-level virtual debate on addressing the root causes of conflict in the continent’s post-COVID-19 recovery process.
Through a presidential statement (document S/PRST/2021/10) issued at the meeting’s outset by Wang Yi, State Councillor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of China, which holds the 15-member Council’s rotating Presidency in May delegates expressed their concern over those developments. They reiterated the need to enabl ....

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