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Guterres Vows Support For Island States In Twin Fight Against COVID-19, Climate Crisis
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 8:13 am | UN News
In an era of new challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General António Guterres is pledging the UN’s continued support to small island States – longtime leaders in the global fight against the devastating impacts of climate ... More >>
COVID-19: Actors Idris And Sabrina Elba Launch New UN Fund For Rural Farmers
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 7:05 am | UN News
British actor Idris Elba (left) and his wife Sabrina Elba visited Sierra Leone with the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). © IFAD/Rodney Quarcoo A new global coronavirus relief fund launched on Monday by actor, filmmaker and humanitarian ... More >>
Music, Talent And Hope, Unite Millions Across The World Online In Support Of Coronavirus Workers
Sunday, 19 April 2020, 5:09 pm | UN News
This weekend’s One World: Together At Home event, saw many of the biggest names in music join the UN health agency and Global Citizen movement in supporting the millions of healthcare and other front line workers who are helping stave off the ... More >>
First Person: DR Congo Doctor Prepares For Latest In Long Line Of Health Crises
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 4:12 pm | UN News
Health professionals working with the World Health Organization (WHO) in eastern Democratic of Congo (DRC), have been dealing with the deadly Ebola epidemic since August 2018. This experience is helping them to prepare for the latest disease to ... More >>
First Person: The Power Of Art In A Time Of Coronavirus Crisis
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 7:33 am | UN News
Aldo Sebastián Cicchini, a violinist at RAI orchestra plays on a balcony in Milan, Italy during the COVID-19. Photo: Ana Mazzeo In Italy, impromptu concerts, performed from apartment balconies, have become one of the features of life under lockdown. ... More >>
COVID-19: Growth Forecast At -3 Per Cent, As IMF Offers Debt Relief To Most Vulnerable Nations
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 8:46 am | UN News
A view of a pharmacy through protective plastic in Astoria, Queens, during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City. UN Photo/Evan Schneider Forecasting the “worst economic downturn since the Great Depression”, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday ... More >>
Hatred Going Viral In ‘dangerous Epidemic Of Misinformation’ During COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 7:42 am | UN News
Many children in the United States are attending online school from home during the coronavirus outbreak. © UNICEF/Lisa Adelson As the world battles the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and people are searching for clear facts and answers to questions, ... More >>
Coronavirus-driven Debt Crisis Threatens Poor Countries Already At Risk, Says UN Report
Friday, 10 April 2020, 3:05 pm | UN News
As governments struggle to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people living in countries teetering on the brink of economic collapse are being threatened further by a looming debt crisis, according to a new UN report released on Thursday. International ... More >>
Over 10,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Africa; Zimbabwe And South Sudan Among Most Vulnerable
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 7:58 am | UN News
A mother homeschools her children in Shamva district, Zimbabwe, during the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP/Tatenda Macheka The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has now risen to more than 10,000, claiming ... More >>
Vulnerable Indians Need Urgent Help To Cope With COVID-19 Pandemic: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 3:21 pm | UN News
Millions of people in India have a hand-to-mouth existence, and fast response measures put in place to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, are making life even more difficult for them. For this latest in our occasional series by UN country team leaders, Renata ... More >>
Mali: UN Mission Fulfills Mandate, Aids Battle Against Coronavirus
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 9:28 am | UN News
As the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the world, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali told the Security Council on Tuesday that the mission continues to fulfill its mandate while doing whatever it can to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from ... More >>
COVID-19 Highlights Nurses’ Vulnerability As Backbone To Health Services Worldwide
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 7:56 am | UN News
Echoing that call, Baroness Mary Watkins, Alternate-Chair of Nursing Now and co-chair of the report, underscored that nurses have also been attacked “not only with COVID care, but with Ebola, with AIDS, with HIV”. It was “completely unacceptable” ... More >>
How Can The World Counter COVID-19 Online? UN Issues Hackers’ Challenge To CodeTheCurve
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 7:50 am | UN News
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) is inviting young innovators, data scientists and designers throughout the world – especially those whose schools have closed due to COVID-19 - to join a month-long ... More >>
From Landmines To Pandemics, UN Chief Says Milestones Reached By ‘Working Together’
Sunday, 5 April 2020, 4:59 pm | UN News
UNMAS/Gwenn Dubourthoumieu | A deminer undergoing training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Decades ago, millions of landmines were buried in countries around the globe, and today the world is in the throes of a deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the ... More >>
UN Chief Urges Unity In Mobilizing ‘every Ounce Of Energy’ To Defeat Coronavirus Pandemic
Saturday, 4 April 2020, 8:59 am | UN News
There should be only one fight in our world today, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Friday, issuing a loud clarion call to join “our shared battle against COVID-19”. Ten days ago, António Guterres called for an immediate global ceasefire ... More >>
'Everyone At Risk’ As Coronavirus Cases Tick Up Among Migrants And Refugees Sheltering In Greece
Friday, 3 April 2020, 10:43 am | UN News
With 23 migrants at an open accommodation site in central Greece testing positive for COVID-19, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sounded the alarm on Thursday over conditions in crowded reception centres on five Greek islands where ... More >>
Burkina Faso Crisis And COVID-19 Concerns Highlight Pressure On Sahel Food Security
Friday, 3 April 2020, 8:50 am | UN News
In Burkina Faso, the number of people facing a critical lack of food has increased. UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, as it expressed ... More >>
WHO Concerned Over Rapid Escalation In COVID-19 Spread As Caseload Approaches One Million
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 10:51 am | UN News
Deaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 worldwide, while the global caseload is heading towards one million, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday. WHO Director-General ... More >>
Low-skilled Workers, Developing Countries At Risk Of Steep Economic Decline As Coronavirus Advances
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 9:31 am | UN News
The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may contract even further if restrictions on economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses, according to analysis released today ... More >>
Coronavirus Pandemic Threatens To Plunge Millions In Arab Region Into Poverty And Food Insecurity
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 9:26 am | UN News
COVID-19 will be responsible for pushing a further 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, according to a new policy brief issued on Wednesday by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). And the pandemic ... More >>
