Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock to the Security Council on the implementation of SC Resolution 2532, 25 January 2021
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With Rosemary and Jean-Pierre in September I warned you that the virus and its secondary effects would hit the world’s most fragile and conflict-affected countries hardest.
That’s still the case.
Mr. President,
Ten days ago, the world passed the grim milestone of 2 million deaths from COVID. Almost 98 million people are confirmed to have contracted the virus around the world. Twenty-four million – almost a quarter of them – live in countries facing humanitarian or refugee crises.
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A year without precedent: WHO’s COVID-19 response
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Taking stock of all that’s been achieved – and the partnerships working to end the pandemic.
It was the scenario the public health community had feared for decades. A dangerous virus emerges. It spreads rapidly around the world.
COVID-19 infects people when they come together, but coming together is also how we will beat it. 2020 saw the world unite against the virus, from small personal gestures to protect others, to international collaboration on research and innovation. The year ends with COVID-19 vaccines rolling out – an extraordinary feat.
Science, solutions and solidarity have been WHO’s tools for addressing the biggest health threat of the past century – this is the story of the response we built with them.
Women and girls living in conflict or amidst protracted crises are especially at risk. A recent analysis found that, over the past 25 years, Afghanistan has experienced the highest increase in reports of domestic violence (46 percent) among conflict-affected states, followed by Ethiopia (40 percent), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (37 percent). The same analysis also found that the ten countries with the highest child marriage prevalence rates are either fragile or extremely fragile.
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