UN
High-Level Event on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, 28 May 2020 (8 a.m – 12 p.m. EST), New York
https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/financing-development
WHO
The World Health Organization, UN Foundation and Illumination partner on health messages (27 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/27-05-2020-the-world-health-organization-un-foundation-and-illumination-partner-on-health-messages
Smoking and COVID-19 – Scientific Brief (26 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/smoking-and-covid-19
WHO-Europe
Community pharmacists are key players in COVID-19 response and must stay up-to-date on guidance (27 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/5/community-pharmacists-are-key-players-in-covid-19-response-and-must-stay-up-to-date-on-guidance2
UN News
WHO Foundation to broaden funding base for global health investment (27 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064962
COVID-19: A ‘new and deadly threat’ for civilians caught up in violence (27 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064942
‘Lockdown generation’ of young workers will need extra help after COVID-19, urges UN labour chief (27 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064912
US states ‘manipulating’ COVID-19 pandemic to restrict abortion access, rights experts charge (27 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064902
DGC
“AKID2030 – COVID-19”: Keeping the SDGs promise is the right response to Covid-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/%E2%80%9Cakid2030-covid-19%E2%80%9D-keeping-sdgs-promise-right-response-covid-19
SG
Protecting Civilians in Conflict Requires Stronger Adherence to International Law, Accountability for Violations, Secretary-General Tells Security Council (SG/SM/20097, 27 May 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20097.doc.htm
DSG
Leverage Reforms to Help World Win ‘Epic’ Battle against Coronavirus, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Economic and Social Council (DSG/SM/1415, 27 May 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/dsgsm1415.doc.htm
FAO
Responding creatively to crises with non-traditional farming: Tunnel and vertical gardens are shortening supply chains, ensuring access to fresh food during the COVID-19 pandemic (27 May 2020): http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1276274/
UN agencies and Italian Red Cross sign cooperation agreement to prevent COVID-19 (27 May 2020): http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1277697/icode/
IFAD
Protecting health and protecting livelihoods: a delicate balance in the era of COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.ifad.org/web/latest/blog/asset/41939563
Long-term development supports quick action in a crisis: an update from Asia and the Pacific (27 May 2020): https://www.ifad.org/web/latest/blog/asset/41939499
The potential impact of COVID-19 on China’s food security: Prospects for food imports (27 May 2020): https://www.ifad.org/web/latest/blog/asset/41937713
Media invite: WEF panel (27 May 2020): https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/news-detail/asset/41939785
ILO
ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_745879/lang–en/index.htm
Spanish Flu and COVID-19 – are there lessons for the world of work? (27 May 2020): https://iloblog.org/2020/05/27/spanish-flu-and-covid-19-are-there-lessons-for-the-world-of-work/
IMF
Pacific Islands Threatened by COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/05/27/na-05272020-pacific-islands-threatened-by-covid-19
IMO
UN agencies call for urgent action on crew changes and keyworker designation for sea and air workers (27 May 2020): http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/16-IMO-ICAO-ILO-joint-statement.aspx
OCHA
OCHA and ICRC op-ed: Conflict and COVID-19 are a deadly mix (27 May 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/ocha-and-icrc-op-ed-conflict-and-covid-19-are-deadly-mix
OHCHR
Vulnerable groups in Serbia facing deeper discrimination due to COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Voice-from-the-Field-Serbia.aspx
United States: Authorities manipulating COVID-19 crisis to restrict access to abortion, say UN experts (27 May 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25907&LangID=E
UN WOMEN
On the front lines of COVID-19, women’s organizations provide vital services as first responders as violence against women spikes (27 May 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/5/feature-womens-organizations-provide-vital-services-as-violence-against-women-spikes
Press release: UN Women raises awareness of the shadow pandemic of violence against women during COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/5/press-release-the-shadow-pandemic-of-violence-against-women-during-covid-19
UN-Habitat
Africa: How Urban Mobility Can Come Back Stronger in a Post-Pandemic World (27 May 2020): https://unhabitat.org/africa-how-urban-mobility-can-come-back-stronger-in-a-post-pandemic-world
UNAIDS
Feature story: Pia Wurtzbach on how she is helping the response to COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200527_pia-wurtzbach
UNCDF
UNCDF and Sida Partnership Looks to Support Last-Mile Digital Inclusion Beyond COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.uncdf.org/article/5664/uncdf-and-safeboda-partnership-looks-to-support-last-mile-finance-beyond-covid-19
UNCTAD
UN seeks to build transport and trade resilience in wake of COVID-19 (28 May 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2377
Post-Pandemic Plea for Sustainable Value Chains (27 May 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2376
COVID-19 heightens need for pharmaceutical production in poor countries (27 May 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2375
Ten actions to boost low and middle-income countries’ productive capacity for medicines (27 May 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2374
UNDP
Yemen – Coronavirus could mean millions go hungry (27 May 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2020/coronavirus-could-mean-millions-go-hungry.html
UNDRR
10 Arab Countries Shared their Lessons Learned in Preparing & Responding to COVID -19 During their Participation in UNDRR ROAS Webinar (28 May 2020): https://www.undrr.org/news/10-arab-countries-shared-their-lessons-learned-preparing-responding-covid-19-during-their
UNECA
UN Deputy Chief: After COVID-19, Africa can build back better: https://www.uneca.org/stories/un-deputy-chief-after-covid-19-africa-can-build-back-better
UNECLAC
Greater International Financial Cooperation is Crucial for Latin American and Caribbean Countries to be Able to Face the “Perfect Storm” Unleashed by the COVID-19 Crisis (26 May 2020): https://www.cepal.org/en/pressreleases/greater-international-financial-cooperation-crucial-latin-american-and-caribbean
UNEP
Deep Dive: Lockdown gives dive operators time to rethink sustainability (27 May 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/deep-dive-lockdown-gives-dive-operators-time-rethink-sustainability
UNESCO
Launch of UNESCO Report on museums around the world in the face of COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/launch-unesco-report-museums-around-world-face-covid-19
Report in English & French: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000373530
Global Education Coalition facilitates free Internet access for distance education in several countries (27 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/global-education-coalition-facilitates-free-internet-access-distance-education-several
Culture Responding to Crises at The Time of Covid-19: Facing Emergencies in The Emergency (27 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/culture-responding-crises-time-covid-19-facing-emergencies-emergency
UNFPA
Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic (28 May 2020): https://www.unfpa.org/news/nine-things-you-need-know-about-periods-and-pandemic
UNICEF
Periods in the pandemic: 9 things we need to know (27 May 2020): https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covid-19-periods-in-pandemic-9-things-to-know
COVID-19: Number of children living in household poverty to soar by up to 86 million by end of year (27 May 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/covid-19-number-children-living-household-poverty-soar-86-million-end-year
UNODC
Protecting those that protect us: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/scientists/index.html
UNU
Deaths from COVID-19 Could Be the Tip of the Iceberg (25 May 2020): https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/deaths-from-covid-19-could-be-the-tip-of-the-iceberg
UNV
Leaving no one behind: supporting refugees in Tajikistan to tackle COVID-19 (27 May 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/Leaving-no-one-behind-supporting-refugees-Tajikistan-tackle-COVID-19
WTO
DDG Wolff: This is the time to consider the future of the multilateral trading system (27 May 2020): https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news20_e/ddgaw_27may20_e.htm
Members discuss impact of COVID-19 on developing economies’ participation in world trade (26 May 2020): https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news20_e/devel_26may20_e.htm
WORLD BANK
The Last Decade to Leave No One Behind (28 May 2020): http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/energy/publication/the-last-decade-to-leave-no-one-behind
COVID-19 Intensifies the Urgency to Expand Sustainable Energy Solutions Worldwide (28 May 2020): http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/05/28/covid-19-intensifies-the-urgency-to-expand-sustainable-energy-solutions-worldwide
Periods Don’t Stop for Pandemics – Neither Will Our Efforts to Bring Safe Menstrual Hygiene to Women and Girls (28 May 2020): http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2020/05/28/menstrual-hygiene-day-2020