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  On January 8, 2021, the government of Bangladesh had approved the procurement of 30 million doses of Covishield vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute in India. India will provide 2 million doses of the ‘Covishield’ vaccine to Bangladesh as a gift on January 20, 2021. The Covishield vaccine is locally manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. As per the letter written by the Indian High Commission to the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a special flight from India carrying Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines will land at Shahjalal International Airport on January 20. The Health Services Division under the Bangladesh ministry has also issued a letter to the Directorate General of Drug Administration-DGDA of the country to take relevant steps to administer the vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccines will be further received and stored in Bangladesh at the facilities of the Directorate General of Health Services, such as the Expanded Program on Immunisation-EPI. Additional storage

The other countries that have lost their voting rights in UNGA are Libya, Niger, Congo Brazzaville, the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, and South Sudan. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed on January 18, 2021, that Iran and six other nations have lost their right to vote in the United Nations General Assembly- UNGA  for not paying their dues. The other countries that have lost their voting rights in UNGA are Libya, Niger, Congo Brazzaville, the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, and South Sudan. However, three other countries- Somalia, Comoros and Sao Tome and Principie- will be allowed to have their voting rights despite missing their payments, as they have sufficiently demonstrated that they are capable of paying. In a letter written by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the President of General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir of Turkey, it was stated that the nations in arrears to the United Nations will have their voting rights suspended in UNGA in accord

  Beijing, however, has denied any form of engagement in the human rights abuses while the reports from journalists, former detainees, and NGOs highlight the brutal crackdown of the Chinese government on the Uyghur community. The government of outgoing US President Donald Trump, in a final blow to Beijing, on January 19, 2021, determined that China has committed ‘genocide’ against the Muslim Uyghurs and other religious minority and ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Trump administration added that the Chinese Communist Party must be held accountable for its acts against humanity. The Secretary of State Michael Pompeo informed that he had directed the Department of State to continue the investigation and collect relevant details regarding the ongoing atrocities in Xinjiang. The step by the United States government is expected to further strain the already tense ties between both countries. As per the US government, it has worked exhaustively to bring into attention what General Secretary Xi Jin

  The global program to counter the terrorist threats against the vulnerable targets and to help the UN member states in dealing with this scourge. The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism- UNOCT, in partnership with several other agencies on January 19, 2021, launched a global program to counter the terrorist threats against the vulnerable targets and to help the UN member states in dealing with this scourge. As per the UN Undersecretary-General, Vladimir Voronkov, who heads the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, the terrorists, across the globe, have repeatedly and cowardly targeted the public spaces to cause mass casualties for generating chaos and instilling fear. The program by the UN is in partnership with the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the UN interregional crime and Justice Research Institute. It is also in consultation with Interpol and UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate. How the program will help the UN member states? •  The program by the United Nat