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.

On the 11 May 2021, the Conference on Disarmament commenced the second part of its 2021 session with a thematic debate on the topic of Nuclear Disarmament Verification under the Presidency of H.E. Ambassador Yuri Sterk, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva.

On 10 May 2021, in the Palais des Nationes in Geneva, the President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Yuri Sterk, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, received Stuart Harold Comberbach,

The Conference on Disarmament held its first formal Plenary meeting conducted online in a virtual format under the Bulgarian Presidency. Bulgaria assumed the presidency on 15 March and will be chairing the Conference until 21 May 2021.

On the 17th of March 2021 at its 46th regular session taking place at the UN headquarters in Geneva the Human Rights Council adopted the final outcome document of Bulgaria within the third cycle of the Universal Periodic Review mechanism.

At the Special session in the Human Rights Council, convened urgently on 12 February to address the political crisis in Myanmar, the Permanent representative of Bulgaria, H. E. Ambassador Yuri Sterk, stated the position of Bulgaria in support of the democratic transition, national reconciliation and accountability for human rights violations in Myanmar

The Human Rights Council elected on February 8th 2021 H. E. Ambassador Yuri Sterk, Permanent representative of the Republic of Bulgaria, to serve as its Vice President for a one-year term in 2021, representing the Group of Eastern European States (EEG).

The new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Yuri Sterk, has embarked on his diplomatic mission.