WHO
New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response (22 July 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/22-07-2020-new-covid-19-law-lab-to-provide-vital-legal-information-and-support-for-the-global-covid-19-response
UN News
Amid fears of worst recession in decades, urgent calls for solidarity, a united economic front (22 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1068881
Iran urged to release rights activist with COVID-19 symptoms ‘before it is too late’ (22 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1068841
DGC
UN urges protection of domestic workers’ rights during COVID-19 pandemic (22 July 2020): https://www.un.org/en/un-urges-protection-domestic-workers%E2%80%99-rights-during-covid-19-pandemic
UNIC Rio’s multitasking interns face the challenge of home office during the pandemic (22 July 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/unic-rios-multitasking-interns-face-challenge-home-office-during-pandemic
DESA
Leading experts offer new ideas for sustainable COVID-19 recovery in new publication issued by UN DESA (22 July 2020): https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/intergovernmental-coordination/hlab-recoverbetter.html
‘Recover Better: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities’: https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/about/high-level-advisory-board.html
Responding to COVID-19 and Recovering Better (compilation volume of UN DESA’s special policy brief series) : https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PB-Compilation-final.pdf
DSG
No Country Will Truly Progress while Leaving People Behind, Stresses Deputy Secretary-General, in Message for Essay Compilation Launch (DSG/SM/1434, 22 July 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/dsgsm1434.doc.htm
GA
Decisions Regarding the Thirty-first Special Session of the General Assembly
22 Jul 2020
Letter dated 22 July 2020 on the draft decisions regarding the thirty-first special session of the General Assembly, informing that the silence procedure has concluded without objections.
ICAO
ICAO and CAAi launch lockdown recovery course for aviation professionals (22 July 2020): https://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/ICAO-and-CAAi-launch-lockdown-recovery-course-for-aviation-professionals-.aspx
ILO
The ILO Global Summit Highlights: COVID-19 and the World of Work (22 July 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_751643/lang–en/index.htm
IMF
Evolving to Work Better Together: Public-Private Partnerships for Digital Payments (22 July 2020): https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/07/22/sp072220-public-private-partnerships-for-digital-payments
ITU
How we can build a stronger digital economy, together / By Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General (22 July 2020): https://news.itu.int/how-we-can-build-a-stronger-digital-economy-together/
OCHA
UN humanitarian chief: Acting now to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 will save lives (22 July 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/un-humanitarian-chief-acting-now-mitigate-impact-covid-19-will-save-lives
OHCHR
Women most affected by COVID-19, should participate in recovery efforts (22 July 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Women_COVID19.aspx
Iran: UN experts call for the urgent release from prison of human rights defender with COVID-19 symptoms (22 July 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26118&LangID=E
UN WOMEN
The COVID-19 crisis in Morocco disrupts value chains for women’s cooperatives (22 July 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/7/feature-covid-19-crisis-in-morocco-disrupts-value-chains-for-womens-cooperatives
UNAIDS
New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response (22 July 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive/2020/july/20200722_covid19-law-lab
UNDP
Temporary Basic Income to protect the world’s poorest people could slow the surge in COVID-19 cases, says UNDP (23 July 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/Temporary_Basic_Income_to_protect_the_worlds_poorest_people_slow_COVID19.html
COVID-19: New Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for global response (22 July 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/covid-19–new-law-lab-to-provide-vital-legal-information-and-sup.html
UNDP and European Investment Bank identify effective digital response to COVID-19 in Africa (22 July 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/undp-and-european-investment-bank-identify-effective-digital-res.html
UNECA
ECA Office for North Africa pursues programme implementation despite COVID19 (22 July 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/eca-office-north-africa-pursues-programme-implementation-despite-covid19
COVID-19 remains an impediment to regional trade; Kenya pushes ahead (22 July 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/covid-19-remains-impediment-regional-trade-kenya-pushes-ahead
UNEP
Global tourism sector should continue fight against plastic pollution during and after COVID-19 – new UN recommendations (22 July 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/global-tourism-sector-should-continue-fight-against-plastic
Recovering better: Global opportunities to jumpstart the real economy (22 July 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/recovering-better-global-opportunities-jumpstart-real-economy
UNESCWA
United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region: recovery is an opportunity to build back better (23 July 2020): https://www.unescwa.org/news/united-nations-secretary-general-covid-19-and-arab-region-recovery-opportunity-build-back
UNWTO
Tourism Sector to Continue Taking Action on Plastic Pollution (22 July 2020): https://www.unwto.org/news/tourism-sector-to-continue-taking-action-on-plastic-pollution
WFP
New Report: Yemen sees return to alarming levels of food insecurity (22 July 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/new-report-yemen-sees-return-alarming-levels-food-insecurity
Yemen: World’s worst hunger hotspot risks further decline, say UN agencies (22 July 2020): https://insight.wfp.org/yemen-worlds-worst-hunger-hotspot-risks-further-decline-say-un-agencies-5fcf2ddd63ca