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"We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic. SOUNDBITE
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
"Neither the region nor the world can afford more war," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns at the top of a Security Council meeting on Iran's attack on Israel. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that the world is entering "an age of chaos," with a deeply divided Security Council unable to address critical issues such as the Israel-Hamas war. "This is not the first time the Council has been divided -- but it is the worst. Today's dysfunction is deeper and more dangerous", says the UN chief, as he presents his 2024 priorities to the General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen denounces UN chief Antonio Guterres over his criticism of Israel's Gaza campaign. "Mr. Secretary General, in what world do you live?" Cohen tells Guterres at a special Security Council session on the crisis. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).