WHO
The cost of inaction: COVID-19-related service disruptions could cause hundreds of thousands of extra deaths from HIV (11 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/11-05-2020-the-cost-of-inaction-covid-19-related-service-disruptions-could-cause-hundreds-of-thousands-of-extra-deaths-from-hiv
WHO statement: Tobacco use and COVID-19 (11 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/11-05-2020-who-statement-tobacco-use-and-covid-19
Countering misinformation about COVID-19: A joint campaign with the Government of the United Kingdom and BBC World (11 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/countering-misinformation-about-covid-19
WHO-Europe
Preparing for a long, hot summer with COVID-19 (11 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/Climate-change/news/news/2020/5/preparing-for-a-long,-hot-summer-with-covid-19
COVID-19: collaboration, coordination, communication – Joining forces for healthier populations (11 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/statements/2020/statement-covid-19-collaboration,-coordination,-communication-joining-forces-for-healthier-populations
IASC
Basic Psychosocial Skills – A Guide for COVID-19 Responders (Final draft) (11 May 2020): https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/iasc-reference-group-mental-health-and-psychosocial-support-emergency-settings/basic-psychosocial
UN News
Tedros highlights complex challenges posed by COVID-19 resurgence, following easing of lockdowns (11 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063732
‘Urgency to act’ for sustainable development, greater than ever as coronavirus pandemic continues (11 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063742
UN officials call for release of detained Palestinian children amid pandemic (11 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063722
UN issues ‘wake-up call’: Don’t sideline AIDS response during COVID-19 crisis (11 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063702
Ensure city poor and vulnerable are fed, amidst lockdown hunger risk, urges UN (10 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063622
DGC
COVID-19: UN counters pandemic-related hate and xenophobia (11 May 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/covid-19-un-counters-pandemic-related-hate-and-xenophobia
Children keeping active with Hello Kitty and friends (11 May 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/children-keeping-active-hello-kitty-and-friends
DSG
Millions Depend on Swift, Decisive COVID-19 Response, Deputy Secretary-General Says, Outlining Collective Plan to Overcome Historic Global Crisis (DSG/SM/1406, 11 May 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/dsgsm1406.doc.htm
GA
The role of religious leaders in addressing the multiples challenges of COVID-19 (12 May 2020, 4pm): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ZbRWfz490
IAEA
IAEA Project to Help Countries Tackle COVID-19 Draws €22 Million in Funding (11 May 2020): https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/iaea-project-to-help-countries-tackle-covid-19-draws-eu22-million-in-funding
IFAD
Before and during COVID-19, an e-voucher initiative makes a difference for Kenyan farmers (11 May 2020): https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/story/asset/41909329
ILO
Blog: The construction sector can help lead the economic recovery – Here’s how (11 May 2020): https://iloblog.org/2020/05/11/the-construction-sector-can-help-lead-the-economic-recovery-heres-how/
IMF
How Pandemics Leave the Poor Even Farther Behind (11 May 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/05/11/how-pandemics-leave-the-poor-even-farther-behind/
IOM
IOM Supports Migrants Stranded on Cote d’Ivoire – Ghana Border; Border Officials Trained and Equipped Amid COVID-19 Crisis (12 May 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/iom-supports-migrants-stranded-cote-divoire-ghana-border-border-officials-trained-and-equipped
Migrants Continue Central Mediterranean Crossings Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Even as Rescue ‘Gap’ Makes Passage More Perilous (12 May 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/migrants-continue-central-mediterranean-crossings-amid-covid-19-pandemic-even-rescue-gap-makes
IOM Provides Relief to Vulnerable Migrants in Response to COVID-19 in Argentina (12 May 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/iom-provides-relief-vulnerable-migrants-response-covid-19-argentina
‘Sincere Talk’ Social Media Campaign Fights Stigma in Armenia (12 May 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/sincere-talk-social-media-campaign-fights-stigma-armenia
New Mobile Translation App Helping IOM’s Work with COVID-19 in the Western Balkans (12 May 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/new-mobile-translation-app-helping-ioms-work-covid-19-western-balkans
OCHA
Risk of spread of COVID-19 increases in the Sahel (11 May 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/risk-spread-covid-19-increases-sahel
Occupied Palestinian Territory: UN officials call for release of children in detention in light of COVID-19 (11 May 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/occupied-palestinian-territory-un-officials-call-release-children-detention-light-covid-19
OHCHR
Human rights staff in Kenya join forces with partners to support COVID-19 prevention and response (8 May 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Human-rights-staff-in-Kenya-join-forces-with-partners-to-support-COVID-19-prevention-and-response.aspx
UN WOMEN
Meeting of African Ministers in charge of Gender and Women’s Affairs on “COVID-19 Response and Recovery” – a Gendered Framework (11 May 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/5/announcer-african-ministers-in-charge-of-gender-and-women-on-covid-19-response-and-recovery
UN Women delivers lifeline support to women’s and grassroots organizations for COVID-19 response (11 May 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/5/press-release-un-women-supports-womens-and-grassroots-organizations-for-covid-19-response
UN-Habitat
Participants at COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus discuss critical need for housing (11 May 2020): https://unhabitat.org/participants-at-covid-19-urban-thinkers-campus-discuss-critical-need-for-housing
Women’s leadership will be critical in the post-COVID-19 era #BeyondTheOutbreak (11 May 2020): https://unhabitat.org/women%E2%80%99s-leadership-will-be-critical-in-the-post-covid-19-era-beyondtheoutbreak
UNAIDS
People with disabilities often left behind by HIV responses – Update (12 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200512_disabilities
Feature story: United Nations agencies coordinate their COVID-19 response in South Africa (12 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200512_south-africa
Feature story: Dealing with COVID-19 in Cameroon (11 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200511_covid19-cameroon
The cost of inaction: COVID-19-related service disruptions could cause hundreds of thousands of extra deaths from HIV (11 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2020/may/20200511_PR_HIV_modelling
Feature story: HIV testing and support for homeless people in Belarus (11 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200511_hiv-testing-support-belarus
UNCTAD
Science and innovation funds key to COVID-19 responses and beyond (11 May 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2368
UNDP
Briefing Note: Gender-based violence and COVID-19 (11 May 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/gender-based-violence-and-covid-19.html
UNECA
COVID-19: Trade expert says AfCFTA could help Africa bounce back (11 May 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/covid-19-trade-expert-says-afcfta-could-help-africa-bounce-back
UNECE
Perspectives from Europe on Leadership in a Global Crisis – UN Global Compact regional spotlight session: 12 May 2020
Join UNECE Executive Secretary Olga Algayerova alongside speakers including European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and business leaders as they share experiences of responding to COVID-19 and discuss how to pursue immediate and coordinated multi-stakeholder action.
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9j55TrF7QrCNk8BQSL-zzA
UNEP
UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks (12 May 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/unep-steps-work-zoonotics-protecting-environment-reduce-pandemic
Harnessing tech to employ last-mile tree planters in a COVID-19 world (12 May 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/harnessing-tech-employ-last-mile-tree-planters-covid-19-world
Record global carbon dioxide concentrations despite COVID-19 crisis (11 May 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/record-global-carbon-dioxide-concentrations-despite-covid-19-crisis
UNFPA
Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic (11 May 2020): https://www.unfpa.org/news/indigenous-afro-honduran-communities-join-together-fight-pandemic
UNHCR
Refugee children hard hit by coronavirus school closures (11 May 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2020/5/5eb94dd14/
UNHCR warns stateless people risk being left behind in coronavirus response (11 May 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2020/5/5eb952222ec/
UNHCR urges sustained support to protect world’s forcibly displaced from “devastating” impact of coronavirus (11 May 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2020/5/5eb98df24/
UNICEF
In light of COVID-19 crisis, UN officials call for immediate release of all children in detention, including Palestinian children (11 May 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/light-covid-19-crisis-un-officials-call-immediate-release-all-children-detention
UNIDO
COVID-19 in Kenya: UNIDO raises awareness about food safety (8 May 2020): https://www.unido.org/news/covid-19-kenya-unido-raises-awareness-about-food-safety
UNV
UN Volunteer nursing COVID-19 patients in Mali (12 May 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/UN-Volunteer-nursing-COVID-19-patients-Mali
Enhancing responsiveness to stakeholders through UNV’s new Service Desk (11 May 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/Enhancing-responsiveness-stakeholders-through-UNVs-new-Service-Desk
WORLD BANK
Debt Relief and COVID-19 (Factsheet, 11 May 2020): https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/factsheet/2020/05/11/debt-relief-and-covid-19-coronavirus