WHO
Strengthening Preparedness for COVID-19 in Cities and Urban Settings (28 April 2020, Publication): https://www.who.int/publications-detail/strengthening-preparedness-for-covid-19-in-cities-and-urban-settings
WHO-Europe
Through transparent knowledge-sharing, tailored support on the ground, and steadfast solidarity we will beat COVID-19: Statement to Diplomatic Missions located in Denmark on COVID-19 by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe (28 April 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/statements/2020/statement-through-transparent-knowledge-sharing,-tailored-support-on-the-ground,-and-steadfast-solidarity-we-will-beat-covid-19
UN News
World health experts will meet Thursday to assess COVID-19 pandemic (29 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062882
Coronavirus lockdown casts harsh light on our data and privacy online (29 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062872
Syria: As coronavirus threat intensifies, ceasefire more urgent than ever (29 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062862
COVID-19: Act now to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’ for millions missing out on school meals (29 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062812
Nearly half of global workforce at risk as job losses increase due to COVID-19: UN labour agency (28 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062792
DSG
COVID-19 Threatens Hard-Won Development Gains as Emergency ‘Unfolds before Our Eyes’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells European Union Meeting on G5 Sahel (DSG/SM/1405, 28 April 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/dsgsm1405.doc.htm
FAO
Despite the threat of COVID-19, FAO’s work in Syria carries on – helping farmers grow food and get back on their feet: Q&A with Mike Robson, FAO Representative in Syria (29 April 2020): http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1273115/icode/
CERF supports FAO in preventing and responding to the impact of COVID-19 on food security (29 April 2020): http://www.fao.org/emergencies/fao-in-action/stories/stories-detail/en/c/1273257/
ICAO
ICAO Council establishes COVID-19 Aviation Recovery Task Force (29 April 2020): https://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/ICAO-Council-establishes-COVID19-Aviation-Recovery-Task-Force.aspx
IFAD
How do shocks affect project impacts? (29 April 2020): https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog/asset/41897215
ILO
ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods (29 April 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_743036/lang–en/index.htm
IOM
COVID-19 & Immigration Detention: What Can Governments and Other Stakeholders Do? (29 April 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/covid-19-immigration-detention-what-can-governments-and-other-stakeholders-do
ITU
COVID-19: Where are the self-driving cars and trucks? (29 April 2020): http://news.itu.int/covid-19-where-are-the-self-driving-cars-and-trucks/
ITU and partners launch action plan to boost digital connectivity during COVID-19 – and beyond (29 April 2020): https://news.itu.int/itu-and-partners-launch-action-plan-to-boost-digital-connectivity-during-covid-19-and-beyond/
OCHA
UN humanitarian chief: ‘Tragedy beckons’ in Syria amid COVID-19 threat (29 April 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/un-humanitarian-chief-%E2%80%98tragedy-beckons%E2%80%99-syria-amid-covid-19-threat
Aid agencies ramp up awareness messaging amid growing threat of COVID-19 in north-east Nigeria (29 April 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/aid-agencies-ramp-awareness-messaging-amid-growing-threat-covid-19-north-east-nigeria
OHCHR
COVID-19: Bachelet urges States to take extra steps to include people with disabilities (30 April 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25847&LangID=E
COVID-19: Brazil’s irresponsible economic and social policies put millions of lives at risk, UN experts say (29 April 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25842&LangID=E
COVID-19: “No excuse for impunity for those convicted of crimes against humanity” – UN expert on transitional justice (29 April 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25840&LangID=E
UN WOMEN
Calling to support indigenous peoples in COVID-19 response (29 April 2020): https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/4/news-indigenous-peoples-in-covid-19-response
UNCDF
UNCDF and SafeBoda launch e-commerce platform for home delivery amid COVID-19 (29 April 2020): https://www.uncdf.org/article/5577/uncdf-and-safeboda-launch-an-e-commerce-platform-for-food-and-grocery-home-delivery-amid-covid-19-and-beyond
UNCTAD
Leveraging digital solutions to seize the potential of informal cross-border trade (29 April 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2349
UNDP
COVID-19: New UNDP data dashboards reveal huge disparities among countries in ability to cope and recover (29 April 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/COVID19_UNDP_data_dashboards_reveal_disparities_among_countries_to_cope_and_recover.html
Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou knows what needs to be done. Will the city be able to deliver? Dispatch from the Frontlines of COVID-19 (29 April 2020): https://www.uncdf.org/article/5579/burkina-faso-ouagadougou-knows-what-needs-to-be-done-will-the-city-be-able-to-deliver-dispatch-from-the-frontlines-of-covid-19
UNESCO
1.3 billion learners are still affected by school or university closures, as educational institutions start reopening around the world, says UNESCO (29 April 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/13-billion-learners-are-still-affected-school-university-closures-educational-institutions
MY COVID-19 STORY: launch of a youth storytelling campaign (29 April 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/my-covid-19-story-launch-youth-storytelling-campaign
UNESCWA
Prevalence of COVID-19 in the Arab Region: https://www.unescwa.org/prevalence-covid-19-arab-region
UNICEF
COVID-19 & Immigration Detention: What Can Governments and Other Stakeholders Do? Statement by the United Nations Network on Migration (29 April 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/covid-19-immigration-detention-what-can-governments-and-other-stakeholders-do
Over 5 million children face threat of cholera and acute water diarrhea in the midst of COVID-19 as Yemen gets heavy rains (29 April 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/over-5-million-children-face-threat-cholera-and-acute-water-diarrhea-midst-covid-19
UNICEF-IRC
COVID-19 and children, in the North and in the South (Paper, 29 April 2020): https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1087-covid-19-and-children-in-the-north-and-the-south.html
UNODC
UNODC Online Training to Support People Who Use Drugs during COVID-19 in Egypt and the UAE (29 April 2020): https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2020/April/unodc-online-training-to-support-people-who-use-drugs-during-covid-19-in-egypt-and-the-uae.html
UNODC supports South Eastern Europe in facing the COVID-19 pandemic (28 April 2020): https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2020/April/unodc-supports-south-eastern-europe-in-facing-the-covid-19-pandemic.html
WFP
European Union supports WFP food assistance in refugee camps in Algeria (29 April 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/european-union-supports-wfp-food-assistance-refugee-camps-algeria
WORLD BANK
Recession Looms for Western Balkans as Countries Respond to COVID-19 (29 April 2020): https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2020/April/unodc-supports-south-eastern-europe-in-facing-the-covid-19-pandemic.html