Sustainability
UN launches major humanitarian appeal to keep COVID-19 from ‘circling back around the globe’
At a joint virtual press briefing, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director...
Iraq: Top UN official calls on political leaders to confront COVID-19 pandemic and unite
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country, issued a message on Thursday in which she also urged...
First Person: Heartbreak and hope – one doctor’s story from China’s coronavirus ground zero
Since the original outbreak of the coronavirus in Hubei, China, at the end of January, 346 medical teams, from 29...
COVID-19: UN envoy hails strong Israel-Palestine cooperation
Mr. Mladenov’s comments were made during a telephone conversation with the other members of the Middle East Quartet, a body...
COVID-19: UN donates 250,000 face masks to NYC health workers
In a statement, Mr. Guterres said that the face masks stored in United Nations facilities, werer part of UN stocks,...
First Person: False promises in Mauritania
Mauritania, where the job market has been tight in recent years, has seen many people fall prey to the patter...
First Person: Hawaii’s ‘silver tsunami’: the challenge of caring for kupuna elders
Diane Paloma is the CEO of Lunalilo Home and the King William Charles Lunalilo Trust which cares for elderly people...
Human rights must be maintained in beating back the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘without exception’ – UN experts
“Everyone, without exception, has the right to life-saving interventions and this responsibility lies with the government”, said the group of...
Protect ‘healthcare heroes’ from COVID-19, urges UN rights expert
“Their tireless work and self-sacrifice show the best of humanity”, said Baskut Tuncak, Special Rapporteur on the implications for human...
Critical work of UN ‘largely uninterrupted’, despite unprecedented challenge of COVID-19
In his welcoming remarks, the UN General Assembly President underscored the value of safety and solidarity in the face of...
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