On February 25, 2022, at the Delegation of the European Union in Geneva, the Permanent Representatives of the Member States of the European Union to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva met with the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva. European ambassadors strongly condemned Russia's unprovoked military aggression against its neighboring sovereign state and expressed their support and solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. Possibilities for closer cooperation within the UN and other international organizations in response to the Russian aggression, which poses a challenge to the modern international legal order, were discussed.

The Permanent Representative of Bulgaria in Geneva, Ambassador Yuri Sterk, speaking at the first High Level Officials Meeting of the Global Refugee Forum, welcomed the event as an opportunity to take stock of the progress made towards achieving the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees and to identify further steps to be taken in view of the constantly increasing number of refugees against the backdrop of the pandemic.

The Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to UN Office in Geneva аmbassador Sterk commends IOM as key partner in implementing voluntary returns of illegal migrants and for incorporating disability in all aspects of its humanitarian response, raises concerns over the worsening humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and Ethiopia

Bulgaria expresses deep concern about violations of human rights and the international humanitarian law and calls for the restoration of the security and constitutional order in Afghanistan

The 47th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council has concluded. The session was held from 21 June to 14 July 2021 and was conducted almost entirely virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.

The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Yuri Sterk, held a protocol meeting with the Director General of the International Labour Organisation /ILO/ Guy Ryder

On 19 June the first segment of the 109th International Labor Conference (ILC) came to a close with the adoption of conclusions on social protection and the application of international labour standards and an emergency resolution on Myanmar. Nearly 4,500 delegates from 181 ILO Member States took part in this first segment.

On 3 July 2021, the Permanent Mission solemnly celebrated the end of the school year at the Bulgarian Sunday School "Dr. Stamen Grigorov" at the diplomatic mission in Geneva.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Policy Galab Donev made a video address to the participants in the 109th International Labour Conference. Tripartite delegations from all Member States of the International Labour Organization (ILO) take part at the high-level forum, which is being held entirely virtually for the first time in the history of the ILO.

The 74th session of the World Health Assembly closed on May 31. More than 30 resolutions and decisions were adopted in various areas of public health, including ending violence against children, mental health during public health emergencies, nursing and midwifery, social determinants of health, strategic directions for the health and care workforce, local production of medicines, diabetes, eye care and ect.