We studied the report of #IRMCT where it makes a virtue of keeping on working amidst a #pandemic. But it was not the Mechanism alone that encountered such challenges - other intn'l bodies & organizations also adapted (to varying degrees of success) to the "coronavirus reality". https://t.co/CYZQU1VZ3s

🇷🇺 delegation in #FourthCommittee of #UNGA76: #Multilingualism remains critical. Today, with much of our activity running on-line, access to verified information, i.a. about the #pandemic, in all 6⃣ official UN🇺🇳 languages appears more important than ever. https://t.co/iZbj3i3wpH

#Nebenzia: We welcome the @_AfricanUnion renewing its flagship initiative on silencing the guns in #Africa until 2030. Amidst a #pandemic, the United Nations and African Union are managing to find innovative ways to interact, which deserve strong support. https://t.co/zw1DlNgQaw

The #pandemic impeded achievement of the goals of #Agenda2030 & the Paris #Climate Agreement. So #ECOSOC should act as a central intn'l platform for building multilateral partnerships that should account for national legislations & go in line w/national strategies for development https://t.co/QtMvzXdTlo

#Polyanskiy: Extraterritorial unilateral steps inflict immense damage on developing states, undermine their progress towards #SDGs, run counter to the efforts mitigating the climate change. Amidst a #pandemic, usage of unilateral restrictions is most inhumane. https://t.co/mNPTJ7zGgF

OEWG [on conventional #ammunition] should operate in an in-person format. It is the only way to ensure normal diplomatic engagement of the delegations. As we could see during the two years of the #pandemic, virtual and hybrid formats basically eviscerate the essence of diplomacy. https://t.co/LwNu1Sf9tm

#Polyanskiy: However, it's been 2 years since the #pandemic started, so we have quite a few events that Member States first agreed on and then had to postpone. Now there's a whole list of such events, so the issue is rather complex. We're looking into it together w/🇺🇳Secretariat. https://t.co/ygznE9O6QN

#Kuzmin at 🇺🇳Commission for Social Development: In order to ensure economic availability of food and mitigate negative impacts of the #pandemic, Russia has elaborated & endorsed a package of measures, in particular mechanisms for financial support and management of #food markets. https://t.co/44lXYCQ6ZY