COVID-19: Aggiornamenti dal sistema ONU – 27 Maggio

WHO

WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19: Prescriptions for a healthy and green recovery from COVID-19 (26 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-manifesto-for-a-healthy-recovery-from-covid-19

FIFA, European Commission and World Health Organization launch #SafeHome campaign to support those at risk from domestic violence (26 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/26-05-2020-fifa-european-commission-and-world-health-organization-launch-safehome-campaign-to-support-those-at-risk-from-domestic-violence 

WHO-Europe

First WHO/Europe virtual mission provides crucial assistance to Armenia on the shifting of COVID-19 measures (26 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/5/first-whoeurope-virtual-mission-provides-crucial-assistance-to-armenia-on-the-shifting-of-covid-19-measures

World Health Assembly adopts resolution to intensify efforts to control COVID-19 at virtual session (26 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/about-us/governance/regional-committee-for-europe/news/news/2020/05/world-health-assembly-adopts-resolution-to-intensify-efforts-to-control-the-covid-19-pandemic-at-virtual-session2

2019–2020 influenza season: repurposing surveillance systems for COVID-19 (26 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/communicable-diseases/influenza/news/news/2020/5/20192020-influenza-season-repurposing-surveillance-systems-for-covid-19

UN News

‘Business unusual:’ How COVID-19 could change the future of work (27 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064802

First Person: The struggle to protect human rights in East Africa during the pandemic (26 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064642

FAO

Stronger livelihoods help Armenian families manage the current crisis (25 May 2020): http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1276058/

ICAO

ICAO, ILO, and IMO issue joint call to world governments on need for ‘key worker’ designations for essential air and sea personnel (26 May 2020): https://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/ICAO-ILO-and-IMO-issue-joint-call-to-world-governments-on-need-for-key-worker-designations-for-essential-air-and-sea-.aspx

IFAD

Planting seeds in the new normal: Rural women in Pakistan amid COVID-19 (26 May 2020): https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/story/asset/41931767

Balancing the Pandemic, Biodiversity and Farming – Episode 8, Podcast (25 May 2020): https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/podcast/asset/41929459

ILO

How to ensure older workers fully participate in the recovery after the pandemic (25 May 2020): https://iloblog.org/2020/05/25/how-to-ensure-older-workers-fully-participate-in-the-recovery-after-the-pandemic/

ILO to release data on devastating impact of COVID-19 on youth (25 May 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_745683/lang–en/index.htm 

IMF

Keeping Economic Data Flowing During COVID-19 (26 May 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/05/26/keeping-economic-data-flowing-during-covid-19/

IOM

Fourteen Days in Limbo: What Happens to Returning Migrant Workers During The COVID-19 Crisis: https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/fourteen-days-limbo-what-happens-returning-migrant-workers-during-covid-19-crisis

ITU

Why telcos are critical to post-COVID recovery: VEON’s Chief Strategy Officer (25 May 2020): https://news.itu.int/why-telcos-are-critical-to-post-covid-recovery-veons-chief-strategy-officer/ 

OCHA

How women in conflict zones are coping with COVID-19 (25 May 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/how-women-conflict-zones-are-coping-covid-19

OHCHR

COVID-19: Governments must protect the rights of migrants during the pandemic and beyond, UN experts urge (26 May 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25904&LangID=E

Human rights staff in West Africa help street children reunite with families during COVID-19 (26 May 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Voice-from-the-Field-Wes-Africa.aspx 

United States: Authorities manipulating COVID-19 crisis to restrict access to abortion, say UN experts: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25907&LangID=E

UNAIDS

“When people are asked to isolate themselves, we also need to make sure that they have food and medicine” (26 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200526-Senegal_RNP

Feature story: “We are in this together”: Uganda Young Positives respond to COVID-19 (25 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200525_Uganda_Kuraish

Feature story: Modelling the extreme—COVID-19 and AIDS-related deaths (25 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200525_modelling-the-extreme

Opinion: We will not defeat COVID-19 without including Africa in the global response (25 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200525_oped_Africa_cdc

UNECA

100 Days of COVID-19 in Africa: What We’ve Learned and What’s Ahead (26 May 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/100-days-covid-19-africa-what-we%E2%80%99ve-learned-and-what%E2%80%99s-ahead

UNEP

COVID-19: Four Sustainable Development Goals that help future-proof global recovery (26 May 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/covid-19-four-sustainable-development-goals-help-future-proof-global

UNESCO

Group of Friends launched to boost global citizenship education post COVID-19 (26 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/group-friends-launched-boost-global-citizenship-education-post-covid-19

Rebuilding a ‘new normal’ for girls’ education amid COVID-19 (26 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/rebuilding-new-normal-girls-education-amid-covid-19

Safe to learn during COVID-19: New recommendations released (26 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/safe-learn-during-covid-19-new-recommendations-released

UNESCO launches a new blog “In Living Memory: Making the Most of Documentary Heritage in COVID-19 Decision-making” (26 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-launches-new-blog-living-memory-making-most-documentary-heritage-covid-19-decision

COVID-19-related discrimination and stigma: a global phenomenon? (25 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/covid-19-related-discrimination-and-stigma-global-phenomenon

A student and teacher in China tell UNESCO about how they have been impacted by COVID-19 (25 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/student-and-teacher-china-tell-unesco-about-how-they-have-been-impacted-covid-19

Pandemics: Humans are the culprits (In: UNESCO Courier): https://en.unesco.org/courier/news-views-online/pandemics-humans-are-culprits

UNHCR

Urban refugees struggling to survive as economic impact of COVID-19 worsens in East, Horn and Great Lakes of Africa (26 May 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2020/5/5eccbfec4/ 

UNIDO

COVID-19: Responding to the Crisis. Building a Better Future (26 May 2020): https://www.unido.org/news/covid-19-responding-crisis-building-better-future

Position paper: https://www.unido.org/sites/default/files/files/2020-05/UNIDO_COVID19_External_Position_Paper.pdf

UNV

Three things to consider before volunteering (26 May 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/Three-things-consider-volunteering

UNWTO

CNN Joins UNWTO on #TravelTomorrow Campaign (26 May 2020): https://www.unwto.org/news/cnn-joins-unwto-on-traveltomorrow-campaign 

UPU

Coronavirus pandemic: global postal network proves its worth, led by trust and community knowledge (26 May 2020): http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/coronavirus-pandemic-global-postal-network-proves-its-worth-led-by-trust-and-community-knowledge/

WFP

How school feeding persists in spite of Cameroon’s coronavirus closures (26 May 2020): https://insight.wfp.org/how-school-feeding-persists-in-spite-of-cameroons-coronavirus-closures-4f9c88618e78 

WMO

Global partnership urges stronger preparation for hot weather during COVID-19 (26 May 2020): https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/global-partnership-urges-stronger-preparation-hot-weather-during-covid-19

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