WHO
Argentina: There is no economy without health (29 July 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/argentina-there-is-no-economy-without-health
WHO-Europe
WHO urges Turkmenistan to activate critical measures to prepare for COVID-19 outbreak (28 July 2020): https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/news/news/2020/7/who-urges-turkmenistan-to-activate-critical-measures-to-prepare-for-covid-19-outbreak
UN News
COVID-19 is not just seasonal, cautions WHO, as ‘first wave’ continues (28 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1069111
Coronavirus: Reshape the urban world to aid ‘ground zero’ pandemic cities (28 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1069041
SG
Secretary-General Launches COVID-19 Policy Brief on Cities to Help Urban Areas Build Back Better, Address Inequalities (SG/SM/20189, 28 July 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20189.doc.htm
Secretary-General Launches Youth Advisory Group, Calling for Swift Action to Tackle Climate Change, Shape COVID-19 Recovery, Confront Injustice (SG/SM/20190, 28 July 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20190.doc.htm
ILO
Consolidating employment in the sewing industry to fight COVID-19 in Mauritania (28 July 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_752024/lang–en/index.htm
IMF
Corruption and COVID-19 (28 July 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/07/28/corruption-and-covid-19/
IMO
Digitalization of shipping – more important than ever (28 July 2020): http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/WhatsNew/Pages/default.aspx
IOM
IOM Deplores Killing of Two Migrants Returned from Sea to Libya (28 July 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/iom-deplores-killing-two-migrants-returned-sea-libya
UN-Habitat
UN Secretary-General’s latest Policy Brief calls for urgent response and recovery action in cities (28 July 2020): https://unhabitat.org/un-secretary-general%E2%80%99s-latest-policy-brief-calls-for-urgent-response-and-recovery-action-in-cities
UN-Habitat calls for cities to use pandemic as an opportunity to improve cycling and walking infrastucture (28 July 2020): https://unhabitat.org/un-habitat-calls-for-cities-to-use-pandemic-as-an-opportunity-to-improve-cycling-and-walking
First communal handwashing stations in Lebanon aim to tackle COVID-19 spread (28 July 2020): https://unhabitat.org/first-communal-handwashing-stations-in-lebanon-aim-to-tackle-covid-19-spread
UNAIDS
Feature story: #TogetherWeWin: inspiring examples of solidarity during the COVID-19 outbreak in eastern Europe and central Asia (28 July 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/july/20200728_insta_show
UNCTAD
Ugandan e-commerce platforms power recovery from COVID-19 crisis (28 July 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2442
UNDP
COVID-19: Cities in the frontline of response and recovery: calls for adequate investments at local level (28 July 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/covid-19–cities-in-the-frontline-of-response-and-recovery–call.html
UNDP powers health clinics in Chad (28 July 2020): https://medium.com/@UNDP/undp-powers-health-clinics-in-chad-111b24a59236
UNECLAC
ECLAC and PAHO Present Joint Report on Health and the Economy in the Context of COVID-19 (27 July 2020): https://www.cepal.org/en/news/eclac-and-paho-present-joint-report-health-and-economy-context-covid-19
UNESCO
Music is the Medicine: UNESCO fights the Infodemic Through Culture on Africa Day (28 July 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/music-medicine-unesco-fights-infodemic-through-culture-africa-day
“Sustainability Insight #8: Post-COVID Pathways for Real Gender Empowerment (28 July 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/sustainability-insight-8-post-covid-pathways-real-gender-empowerment
ResiliArt Illustration contest exhibits young talent (28 July 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/resiliart-illustration-contest-exhibits-young-talent
UNFPA
Operation SALAMA reaches millions of Moroccans with pandemic information, supplies, support (28 July 2020): https://www.unfpa.org/news/operation-salama-reaches-millions-moroccans-pandemic-information-supplies-support
UNV
Assessing and addressing the gender impact of COVID-19 in Morocco (28 July 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/Assessing-and-addressing-gender-impact-COVID-19-Morocco
UNWTO
Impact of COVID-19 on Global Tourism Made Clear as UNWTO Counts the Cost of Standstill (28 July 2020): https://www.unwto.org/news/impact-of-covid-19-on-global-tourism-made-clear-as-unwto-counts-the-cost-of-standstill
WFP
WFP supports poor urban Zambians hit by COVID-19 (28 July 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-supports-poor-urban-zambians-hit-covid-19
Switzerland allocates US$1.1 million to WFP as a support to Tajikistan’s Covid-19 response (28 July 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/switzerland-allocates-us11-million-wfp-support-tajikistans-covid-19-response
WMO
Symposium considers role of weather, climate and environmental factors in COVID-19 (28 July 2020): https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/symposium-considers-role-of-weather-climate-and-environmental-factors-covid-19