Potential COVID outbreak at U.N. HQ in New York as in-person meetings canceled

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The U.N. has suspended in-person meetings at its New York Headquarters on Tuesday after a cluster of COVID cases reportedly broke out at the Mission of Niger.

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In the morning, the Security Council is also expected to hold a briefing on the Middle East, followed by consultations on the Middle East, focusing on Syria.At midday, the spokesmen for the Secretary-General and the General Assembly president are scheduled to hold a hybrid press briefing, broadcast live on U.N. Web TV.

The security council is also expected to hold a private meeting with a briefing on the International Court of Justice on Wednesday. It is not clear how these events may be affected by the reported outbreak or whether members of the Niger Mission may have come into contact with anyone at the headquarters.

A man passes by the UN headquarters in New York on September 18, 2020. At least five infections have been reported in a UN member state mission.high-level meeting to commemorate the U.N.'s 75th AnniversarySeveral member states, including Timor-Leste, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Kuwait, Namibia and Palestine, paid tribute to the organization's peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts that helped to lift them out of conflict.

The meeting featured pre-recorded statements from Ministers for Foreign Affairs due to the Assembly's restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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