Vladimir Voronkov, Under-Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, briefs reporters on the outcome of the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week under the theme “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”
Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the United States, addresses an online dialogue on “Confronting COVID-19 Through Innovation and Research: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic” on 8 July,2020.
Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, addresses the high-level session of the 2020 Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week on the theme “Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment” on 6 July 2020
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the virtual belated commemoration of the International Day of Vesak
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a moment of silence during the Annual Memorial Service to honour United Nations Personnel who lost their Lives in the Line of Duty from 16 March to 31 December
Susannah Sirkin, Director of Policy and Senior Advisor at Physicians for Human Rights, addresses United Nations Security Council members during an open videoconference in connection with the Middle East (Syria)
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres holds a virtual press briefing on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Charter, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic
Koen Vervaeke, Managing Direktor for Africa of the European Union External Action Service, addresses the open video conference with Security Council members in connection with United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic
Mr. Volkan Bozkir from Turkey was elected President of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Ireland, India, Kenya, Mexico and Norway was elected new non-permanent members of the Security Council for the period of 2021-2023.