The US has already secured the first 100 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and another 100 million doses from Moderna. In addition, the US has the option to buy an additional 300 million doses from Moderna and 100 million to 500 million doses from Pfizer.
The UN chief stressed the need to protect the momentum and seize the opportunities available to find a peaceful path forward, according to a UN statement on Tuesday. It said the secretary-general reiterates the UN commitment to further assist in the process with the governments concerned.
The UN chief called for massive support to increase the response capacity of developing countries. Guterres told the meeting that the UN system has a well-established supply-chain network. "We stand ready to place it at your disposal," he said.
The US Federal Reserve is expected to stay on hold in the near term, and there is no further rate reduction possibly by the first half of next year, if growth remains near trend (at 1.8 percent) or the unemployment rate is stable or lower, said Wang.
The US may naively think it is helping Hong Kong people with its so-called "protecting freedom of speech" and "promoting democracy", but actually it is damaging the city, as shown by the riots that started last year, Lee said. He called the US interferences "a shame".
The US now has more than 1,200 confirmed cases and at least 32 deaths contributed to COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, the caseload has surpassed 124,000, with more than 4,500 deaths.
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The United States has recorded more than 16.42 million cases with over 300,400 related deaths as of Monday evening, according to the real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
The US, with 4 percent of the world's population, accounts for about 25 percent of the world's reported cases (10.1 million) and deaths (503,000), according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The UK was the first major Western country to apply to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the first to contribute to the AIIB special fund, and the first to sign the Guiding Principles on Financing the Development of the Belt and Road with China.
The UN General Assembly also voted on a resolution pushed by the Palestinian Authority. It included condemnation of Israeli settlements and a reference to the parameters of a future peace agreement. The resolution was adopted with only 6 votes against it.