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Opening Remarks by Dennis Francis President of the General Assembly, 78th Session, at the High-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis.

This discussion will center around the critical inflection points, innovations and new opportunities in the fight to eliminate malaria. Panelists will explore the celebration of science, innovation and the result of transformational partnerships that have together saved tens of millions of lives. Yet it is also a stark reminder that the world has not yet won the fight to eradicate malaria.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus the risk of major disease outbreaks. Not only did it highlight countries' lack of preparedness to address such outbreaks, but also underlined the risks of mis and dis information. In the midst of the high-level meetings on health and pandemic preparedness, this session will explore lessons learnt from the recent COVID-19 pandemic, how to prepare for future crises, and how to properly manage information on these key topics.

Ted Chaiban, UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations and Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy Division, OCHA., briefed reporters on the situation of children affected by the conflict in Sudan, following his recent travel to the country and to the Chad-Sudan border.

The Management Segment of ECOSOC will take place on 25-26 July 2023. The programme of the Management Segment meetings is structured around action that ECOSOC is expected to take on economic, social, environmental, health and related matters, including by recommendation of its subsidiary and related bodies.

Guest: Denise Brown, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine.  She will brief remotely on the situation in Ukraine. 

Press Conference by Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, on the recent earthquake in Afghanistan.

Press Conference by Adam Abdelmoula, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, on the situation in the country.