Stay updated with breaking news from Level Week. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
United Nations, August 22 Amid the surging Delta variant of Covid-19, the US has urged world leaders to deliver their statements to the UN General Assembly’s Annual Session next month by video,
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/LSWB2BYKYBLTJAZYBGIZLEWSWU.jpg)
The United States is urging world leaders to send videos instead of traveling to New York next month for an annual high-level gathering at the United Nations, saying it would help prevent it "from being a super-spreader event" amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Humanitarian Affairs Adviser Humanitarian Affairs Adviser The ICRC Delegation in New York City plays a key role in humanitarian diplomacy. The ICRC is a Permanent Observer to the United Nations. Key international policies that originate at the UN in New York can affect the ICRC’s field operations and development of the law and policy. Therefore, ICRC NYC engages externally in humanitarian diplomacy on the countries of concern where the ICRC is operational, and on priority concerns of the ICRC’s field delegations which translate into thematic ICRC concerns to be raised with UN Member St...