Sustainability
UN chief calls on religious leaders to unite in the fight against COVID-19
António Gutteres made the call in a special appeal issued on Saturday, and at a time when Christians are celebrating...
COVID-19 threatening global peace and security, UN chief warns
António Guterres said heightened solidarity is needed if the world is to defeat the crisis, which he called the "gravest test...
60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances
NEW YORK, 9 April 2020 – Governments must take immediate steps to prevent a potentially devastating debt crisis and address...
COVID-19: impact could see 195 million job losses, says ILO chief
The warning comes almost three weeks after the International Labour Organization (ILO) predicted that 25 million jobs were threatened by...
Ensuring Food Security in the Era of COVID-19
By Hanawat Tiensin, Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security, Agnes Kalibata, United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the...
Lady Gaga curating global event to boost healthcare workers on coronavirus front line
“The World Health Organization is committed to defeating the coronavirus pandemic with science and public health measures, and supporting the...
First Person: ‘Fate’ of Italian nurse, and countless other health workers, depends on protective clothing
Laura Lupi works at a COVID-19 hospital in Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy to the east of the...
COVID-19 highlights nurses’ vulnerability as backbone to health services worldwide
“Today, we are more deeply grateful than ever to all of you, as you work, round the clock, putting yourselves...
‘Overwhelmed’ health systems have little room for sick refugees, migrants, UN agencies warn
In a joint statement released today, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN human rights office...
Iraq: UN health agency helps beat ‘latest bottleneck’ in COVID-19 battle
“The latest bottleneck to contain and reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Iraq has been the shortage of supplies and...
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