Bangladesh, July 15 -- After four months, the Security Council held a meeting in -person on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York, the first of its kind since mid-March when COVID-19 forced the council to convene virtually.

The meeting was held in the Economic and Social Council Chamber instead of the Security Council Chamber, where the council usually meets.

"In light of recent developments regarding the containment of COVID-19 in New York, the UN Security Council together has decided to begin a gradual and phased shift toward in-person meetings here at the UN Headquarters, of course, while ensuring all health precautions," Christoph Heusgen, the German UN ambassador, told reporters before he presided over the Security Council meeting...