COVID-19: Aggiornamenti dal sistema ONU – 30 Giugno

WHO

Timeline of WHO’s response to COVID-19 (Last updated 29 June 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/29-06-2020-covidtimeline

Partners in health: Germany and France commit to increased support to WHO affirming the Organization’s crucial role in global public health (29 June 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/partners-in-health-germany-and-france-commit-to-increased-support-to-who-affirming-the-organization-s-crucial-role-in-global-public-health

UN News

COVID-19 pandemic ‘not even close to being over’, WHO chief warns (29 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1067342

Food is best vaccine against chaos, insists UN World Food Programme head (29 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1067352

Extend cross border ‘lifeline’ into Syria, Lowcock urges Security Council (29 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1067412

DGC

Virtual press conference by Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications on the launch of the “Pause”: Misinformation Campaign (29 June 2020): http://webtv.un.org/search/launch-of-the-%E2%80%9Cpause-misinformation-campaign-press-conference-29-june-2020/6168099974001/   

FAO

Bonbon honey is creating a buzz in Haiti: Haitian beekeepers are working hard to keep up with demand during the COVID-19 outbreak (29 June 2020): http://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1294992/ 

IMF

Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean: An Intensifying Pandemic (29 June 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/06/26/outlook-for-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-an-intensifying-pandemic/

Transcript of the Press Conference on the Regional Economic Outlook Update for Sub-Saharan Africa (29 June 2020): https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/06/29/tr062920-transcript-press-conference-reo-update-sub-saharan-africa

Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cautious Reopening (29 June 2020): https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/06/27/pr20249-sub-saharan-africa-a-cautious-reopening

IMO

Governments must act to bring seafarers home (29 June 2020): http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/WhatsNew/Pages/default.aspx 

ITU

How UAE is boosting its digital transformation in the face of COVID-19 (29 June 2020): http://news.itu.int/how-uae-is-boosting-its-digital-transformation-in-the-face-of-covid-19/ 

UNCTAD

G20 countries respond to COVID-19 with investment reforms (29 June 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2414

UNDP

Discussing Human Rights, Rule of Law and the renewed social contract in the COVID-19 reality (29 June 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/speeches/2020/human-rights-and-rule-of-law-.html 

UNESCAP

Fisheries and tourism among most promising sectors to support Pacific SIDS recovery, highlights new UN report (29 June 2020): https://www.unescap.org/news/fisheries-and-tourism-among-most-promising-sectors-support-pacific-sids-recovery-highlights

Sustainable tourism and fisheries key to growth in post-COVID Pacific (30 June 2020): https://www.unescap.org/op-ed/sustainable-tourism-and-fisheries-key-growth-post-covid-pacific 

UNESCO

Information as a “perishable commodity” during the COVID-19 pandemic (29 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/information-perishable-commodity-during-covid-19-pandemic

UNESCO addresses G20 education ministers’ meeting (29 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-addresses-g20-education-ministers-meeting

Call to action to address the impact of COVID-19 on education in emergencies (29 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/call-action-address-impact-covid-19-education-emergencies

A Year After Coronavirus: An Inclusive ‘New Normal’ (29 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/year-after-coronavirus-inclusive-new-normal

Youth As Researchers: exploring the impact of COVID-19 (29 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/youth-researchers-exploring-impact-covid-19 

UNFPA

Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services (29 June 2020): https://www.unfpa.org/news/health-workers-west-africa-daily-danger-while-providing-reproductive-health-services

UNHCR

Economic misery engulfs Syrian refugees and their hosts: In Lebanon, the capacity of local community and Syrian refugees to provide mutual support is being stretched to breaking point by economic turmoil and the COVID-19 crisis (29 June 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2020/6/5ef9dd944/economic-misery-engulfs-syrian-refugees-hosts.html 

UNICRI

How organized crime is expanding during the COVID-19 crisis (29 June 2020): http://unicri.it/news/article/organized_crime_during_COVID19

UNU

UNU Master’s Students Hold a Mapathon for COVID-19 Resilience (30 June 2020): https://unu.edu/news/news/unu-masters-students-hold-a-mapathon-for-covid-19-resilience.html

UNWTO

UNWTO Adapts Agenda for Africa to Accelerate Tourism Recovery (29 June 2020): https://www.unwto.org/news/unwto-adapts-agenda-for-africa-to-accelerate-tourism-recovery

Small Island Destinations in Critical Need of Urgent Support as Tourism Plunges, UNWTO Warns (29 June 2020): https://www.unwto.org/news/small-island-destinations-in-critical-need-of-urgent-support-as-tourism-plunges

WFP

World Food Programme to assist largest number of hungry people ever, as coronavirus devastates poor nations (29 June 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/world-food-programme-assist-largest-number-hungry-people-ever-coronavirus-devastates-poor

USAID supports WFP’s response to COVID-19 in the Pacific (29 June 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/usaid-supports-wfps-response-covid-19-pacific

With Australia funding support, WFP to provide personal protective equipment to the government of Bangladesh (29 June 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/australia-funding-support-wfp-provide-personal-protective-equipment-government-bangladesh

WTO

WTO report on G20 shows moves to facilitate imports even as trade restrictions remain widespread (29 June 2020): https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news20_e/trdev_29jun20_e.htm

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