WHO
Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 – Interim guidance (5 June 2020): https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak
Digital tools for COVID-19 contact tracing (4 June 2020): https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Contact_Tracing-Tools_Annex-2020.1
WHO-Europe
WHO joins forces with 17 central European countries to step up tailored COVID-19 response (5 June 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/italy/news/news/2020/6/who-joins-forces-with-17-central-european-countries-to-step-up-tailored-covid-19-response
World Food Safety Day: Unsafe food continues to affect millions in Europe during COVID-19 pandemic (5 June 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/food-safety/news/news/2020/6/world-food-safety-day-unsafe-food-continues-to-affect-millions-in-europe-during-covid-19-pandemic
Protecting nature protects health – lessons for the future from COVID-19 (5 June 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/pages/news/news/2020/6/protecting-nature-protects-health-lessons-for-the-future-from-covid-19
UN News
First Person: Countering COVID-19 misinformation in Venezuela (5 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065682
WHO urges mask use in confined public areas, where coronavirus still spreads (5 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065782
World Environment Day: COVID-19 crisis demands fundamental rethink (5 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065772
Terrorist groups exploiting COVID-19 in Sahel, UN peacekeeping chief tells Security Council (5 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065742
May confirmed as warmest on record, CO2 levels hit new high despite COVID economic slowdown (5 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065732
Protect the environment, prevent pandemics, ‘nature is sending us a clear message’ (5 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065692
DGC
An Inside Look: Next steps towards ‘new normal’ in UN Headquarters (5 June 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/inside-look-next-steps-towards-%E2%80%98new-normal%E2%80%99-un-headquarters
GA
General Assembly Omnibus Resolution on the COVID-19 Pandemic
5 Jun 2020
Letter dated 5 June 2020 conveying the zero draft for the proposed United Nations General Assembly omnibus resolution on the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.un.org/pga/74/2020/06/05/general-assembly-omnibus-resolution-on-the-covid-19-pandemic/
FAO
Why has COVID-19 turned into a structural crisis in the Pacific? With or without COVID-19 cases, pandemic’s impact in the Pacific is enormous – Q&A with FAO Pacific Coordinator (5 June 2020): http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1279154/icode/
World Environment Day 2020: Healthy ecosystems are fundamental for preventing global diseases and ensuring food security (5 June 2020): http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1279385/icode/
IFAD
Why do wet markets matter? (5 June 2020): https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog/asset/41955862
ILO
Grasp the silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic (5 June 2020): https://iloblog.org/2020/06/05/grasp-the-silver-lining-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/
On World Environment Day, ILO calls to build back better post-COVID-19 (5 June 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_747138/lang–en/index.htm
Green recovery from COVID-19 (5 June 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/multimedia/video/institutional-videos/WCMS_747114/lang–en/index.htm
IMF
Safeguarding Africa’s Food Security in the Age of COVID-19 (5 June 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/06/04/safeguarding-africas-food-security-in-the-age-of-covid-19/
Courage under Fire: Policy Responses in Emerging Market and Developing Economies to the COVID-19 Pandemic (5 June 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/06/03/courage-under-fire-policy-responses-in-emerging-market-and-developing-economies-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/
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
IOM, Partners Offer “Filter Hotel” to Migrants Needing Quarantine in Northern Mexico (5 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/iom-partners-offer-filter-hotel-migrants-needing-quarantine-northern-mexico
COVID Info Line: Enhancing Information Flows through Interactive Voice Response Technology in Bangladesh (5 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/covid-info-line-enhancing-information-flows-through-interactive-voice-response-technology
IOM Turkey Calls for Greater Assistance for Migrants and Refugees as COVID-19 Restrictions Ease (5 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/iom-turkey-calls-greater-assistance-migrants-and-refugees-covid-19-restrictions-ease
Climate Change and COVID-19 Impact Agriculture and Youth Mobility Across West and Central Africa (5 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/climate-change-and-covid-19-impact-agriculture-and-youth-mobility-across-west-and-central
OCHA
Venezuela: Humanitarians rapidly scale up response to the COVID-19 pandemic (7 June 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/venezuela-humanitarians-rapidly-scale-response-covid-19-pandemic
Afghanistan: UN and humanitarian partners continue to assist in the COVID-19 response (5 June 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/afghanistan-un-and-humanitarian-partners-continue-assist-covid-19-response
COVID-19: Funding update for the global humanitarian response (5 June 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/covid-19-funding-update-global-humanitarian-response
UN-Habitat
UN-Habitat maps out facilities and partner services in Kenya’s slums to support COVID-19 response (5 June 2020): https://unhabitat.org/un-habitat-maps-out-facilities-and-partner-services-in-kenya%E2%80%99s-slums-to-support-covid-19-response
UN-Habitat expands response to COVID-19 in Kenya (5 June 2020): https://unhabitat.org/kenyan-minister-praises-youth-involvement-in-preventing-covid-19-during-launch-of-un-habitat%E2%80%99s
UNDP
Tailoring the Socioeconomic Response to COVID-19 in Peacebuilding Contexts (5 June 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/speeches/2020/ambassadorial-level-meeting-of-the-PBC.html
Global institutions unite for a green and fair COVID recovery (5 June 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/global-institutions-unite-around-key-actions-for-green-and-fair-.html
In Nigeria, COVID-19 threatens to hit three fragile northeastern states hardest, UNDP studies find (5 June 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/Nigeria_COVID19_threatens_fragile_northeastern_states_UNDP_studies.html
UNEP
COVID-19 Is a Symptom of a Bigger Problem: Our Planet’s Ailing Health / By Inger Andersen and Johan Rockström (5 June 2020): https://time.com/5848681/covid-19-world-environment-day/
UNESCO
How to guarantee access to water and sanitation in the context of COVID-19? (5 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/how-guarantee-access-water-and-sanitation-context-covid-19
UNICEF
COVID-19: One third of youth in Latin America and the Caribbean believe they are not at risk from disease, new UNICEF poll shows (5 June 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/covid-19-one-third-youth-latin-america-and-caribbean-believe-they-are-not-risk
UNIDO
How UN specialized agencies in middle-income countries can respond to the new challenges of a post-COVID-19 world (5 June 2020): https://www.unido.org/stories/how-un-specialized-agencies-middle-income-countries-can-respond-new-challenges-post-covid-19-world
UNU
Why COVID-19 Offers a Chance to Transform UN Peacekeeping (8 June 2020): https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/why-covid-19-offers-a-chance-to-transform-un-peacekeeping
How Can We Protect Refugees During the COVID-19 Crisis? (5 June 2020): https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/how-can-we-protect-refugees-during-the-covid-19-crisis
UNV
Combating misinformation in South Sudan during COVID-19 (8 June 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/Combating-misinformation-South-Sudan-during-COVID-19