WHO
WHO welcomes crucial new funding for vaccines (4 June 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/04-06-2020-who-welcomes-crucial-new-funding-for-vaccines
Nature is our Greatest Source of Health and Well-Being: WHO Celebrates World Environment Day 2020, for Nature and for People (5 June 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/world-environment-day-2020
UN News
Coronavirus leading to ‘desperately unequal’ learning levels: UNICEF (4 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065672
Protect the environment, prevent pandemics, ‘nature is sending us a clear message’ (4 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065692
India must follow Supreme Court orders to protect 100 million migrant workers: UN rights experts (4 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065662
Vital UN peace and security work continues amid COVID-19 challenge (4 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065592
‘Global solidarity’ needed, to find affordable, accessible COVID-19 vaccine (4 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065622
DGC
Bolivian rapper drops beats to beat COVID-19 (4 June 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/un-joins-forces-rapper-bolivia-beat-covid-19
SG
Everyone, Everywhere Must Have Access to Eventual COVID-19 Immunization, Secretary-General Says in Video Message for Global Vaccine Summit (SG/SM/20108, 4 June 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20108.doc.htm
IAEA
Dozens of Countries Receive COVID-19 Testing Equipment from the IAEA (4 June 2020): https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/dozens-of-countries-receive-covid-19-testing-equipment-from-the-iaea
ICAO
COVID-19 Response and Recovery Platform: https://www.icao.int/covid/Pages/default.aspx
ILO
Blog: If a ’new normal’ is to be a better normal it must include persons with disabilities (4 June 2020): https://iloblog.org/2020/06/04/if-a-new-normal-is-to-be-a-better-normal-it-must-include-persons-with-disabilities/
Social Finance Podcast – Episode 1 – COVID-19, insurance, and financial inclusion (4 June 2020): https://www.ilo.org/empent/Publications/WCMS_746999/lang–en/index.htm
IMF
Sweden: Will COVID-19 Economics be Different? (4 June 2020): https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/06/01/na060120-sweden-will-covid-19-economics-be-different
IOM
IOM Iraq Provides Cash Assistance to Migrant Workers Affected by COVID-19 (5 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/iom-iraq-provides-cash-assistance-migrant-workers-affected-covid-19
OCHA
Mozambique: UN Humanitarian Coordinator calls for support to people affected by COVID-19 and violence in Cabo Delgado (4 June 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/mozambique-un-humanitarian-coordinator-calls-support-people-affected-covid-19-and-violence
OHCHR
COVID-19: Urgent help for India’s forgotten migrant workers must follow Supreme Court ruling, say UN experts (4 June 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25926&LangID=E
UNAIDS
Feature story: Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on key populations (4 June 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/june/20200604_covid19-key-population-focused-hiv-programs
UNCTAD
Airlines must respect consumers’ rights (4 June 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2383
BioTrade company in Myanmar shows resilience to COVID-19 shock (4 June 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2382
No vaccine will protect us against climate change (5 June 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2384
UNDP
In Jordan, survey finds most struggle to meet basic needs and access health care under lockdown (4 June 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/Jordan_survey_finds_most_struggle_meet_basic_needs_and_health_care_under_lockdown.html
Community leaders fight COVID-19 alongside UNDP in Sudan (4 June 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/Sudan_Community_leaders_fight_COVID19_alongside_UNDP.html
Celebrating biodiversity amidst a pandemic (4 June 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2020/celebrating-biodiversity-amidst-a-pandemic.html
UNECA
Policymakers and business leaders to review the future of e-commerce in Africa amidst COVID-19 challenges (4 June 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/policymakers-and-business-leaders-review-future-e-commerce-africa-amidst-covid-19-challenges
AfCFTA remains Africa’s ambitious plan to prosperity even in midst of COVID-19 (4 June 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/afcfta-remains-africa%E2%80%99s-ambitious-plan-prosperity-even-midst-covid-19
UNECE
UNECE to support the Kyrgyz Republic in harnessing trade facilitation reforms for a sustainable post-COVID recovery (5 June 2020): http://www.unece.org/info/media/presscurrent-press-h/trade/2020/unece-to-support-the-kyrgyz-republic-in-harnessing-trade-facilitation-reforms-for-a-sustainable-post-covid-recovery/doc.html
COVID-19 pandemic shows the importance of integrated approach to water management and transboundary water cooperation (4 June 2020): http://www.unece.org/info/media/news/environment/2020/covid-19-pandemic-shows-the-importance-of-integrated-approach-to-water-management-and-transboundary-water-cooperation/doc.html
UNEP
Moving on from COVID-19 on the right track / Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary General, International Association of Public Transport. (5 June 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/statement/moving-covid-19-right-track
‘Earth School’ gives students in lockdown a closeup look at nature (5 June 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/earth-school-gives-students-lockdown-closeup-look-nature
Preventing pandemics: new report on zoonotics to be released in July (4 June 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/preventing-pandemics-new-report-zoonotics-be-released-july
UNESCAP
Advancing SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy in the time of COVID-19: United Nations launches new energy progress report and regional SDG7 policy briefs (4 June 2020): https://www.unescap.org/news/advancing-sdg7-affordable-and-clean-energy-time-covid-19
UNESCO
Including learners with disabilities in COVID-19 education responses (4 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/including-learners-disabilities-covid-19-education-responses
UNESCWA
ESCWA: 31 Arab billionaires own as much wealth as half of the region’s population – A 1.2% solidarity tax can eliminate poverty in middle-income Arab countries (3 June 2020): https://www.unescwa.org/news/escwa-31-arab-billionaires-own-much-wealth-half-region%E2%80%99s-population
UNICEF
Unequal access to remote schooling amid COVID-19 threatens to deepen global learning crisis (4 June 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unequal-access-remote-schooling-amid-covid-19-threatens-deepen-global-learning
HPV vaccine manufacturers commit to provide enough supply to immunize at least 84 million girls in Gavi countries (4 June 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/hpv-vaccine-manufacturers-commit-provide-enough-supply-immunize-least-84-million
UNODC
COVID-19: Victims of human trafficking left unemployed in Vietnam (4 June 2020): https://www.unodc.org/unodc/frontpage/2020/June/covid-19_-victims-of-human-trafficking-left-unemployed-in-vietnam.html
UNU
Real-time Research – COVID-19 Response: https://unu.edu/covid-19
WORLD BANK
Why the environment matters to human health (4 June 2020): https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2020/06/04/amazon-rainforest-why-the-environment-matters-human-health