WHO
NCDs, mental health and COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/ncds-mental-health-and-covid-19
How WHO is re-imagining and fixing the links in the supply chains during COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/how-who-is-re-imagining-and-fixing-the-links-in-the-supply-chains-during-covid-19
WHO Solidarity Trial: How a Spanish doctor joined the race for a COVID-19 treatment (7 May 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-solidarity-trial-how-a-spanish-doctor-joined-the-race-for-a-covid-19-treatment
WHO-Europe
During COVID-19 violence remains preventable, not inevitable (7 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/sections/statements/2020/statement-during-covid-19-violence-remains-preventable,-not-inevitable
WHO launches checklist to support prison administrators and policy-makers for rapid and effective response to COVID-19 (7 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-determinants/prisons-and-health/news/news/2020/5/who-launches-checklist-to-support-prison-administrators-and-policy-makers-for-rapid-and-effective-response-to-covid-19
Turkish celebrities join UN and WHO to help convey key COVID-19 messages (7 May 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/turkey/news/news/2020/5/turkish-celebrities-join-un-and-who-to-help-convey-key-covid-19-messages2
UN News
COVID-19 causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide (7 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063512
African artists take creative approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic (7 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063452
Migrants stranded ‘all over the world’ and at risk from coronavirus (7 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063482
COVID-19: UN and partners launch $6.7 billion appeal for vulnerable countries (7 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063442
FROM THE FIELD: Protecting the displaced in the time of COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063412
Coronavirus: Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns (7 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063422
DESA
UN/DESA Policy Brief #69: Leaving no one behind: the COVID-19 crisis through the disability and gender lens (6 May 2020): https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-69-leaving-no-one-behind-the-covid-19-crisis-through-the-disability-and-gender-lens/
UN/DESA Policy Brief #67: Protecting and mobilizing youth in COVID-19 responses (6 May 2020): https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-67-protecting-and-mobilizing-youth-in-covid-19-responses/
ILO
Contagion or starvation, the dilemma facing informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (7 May 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_744005/lang–en/index.htm
IMF
State-Owned Enterprises in the Time of COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/05/07/state-owned-enterprises-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
IMO
IMO endorses new protocols designed to lift barriers to crew changes (7 May 2020): http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/Pages/15-crew-changes-.aspx
ITU
How’s how we are seizing the moment to build a better digital future – for all (7 May 2020): https://news.itu.int/hows-how-we-are-seizing-the-moment-to-build-a-better-digital-future-for-all/
OCHA
UN issues $6.7 billion appeal to protect millions of lives and stem the spread of COVID-19 in fragile countries (7 May 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/un-issues-67-billion-appeal-protect-millions-lives-and-stem-spread-covid-19-fragile-countries
Five ways the COVID-19 response supports women and girls (7 May 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/five-ways-covid-19-response-supports-women-and-girls
The United Nations Multilateral Response to COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://reliefweb.int/report/world/united-nations-multilateral-response-covid-19
OHCHR
UN experts urge Belarus to release children and young people jailed for drug offences amid COVID-19 crisis (7 May 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25869&LangID=E
COVID-19 not an excuse for unlawful deprivation of liberty – UN expert group on arbitrary detention: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25876&LangID=E
UN-Habitat
Second COVID-19 Urban Thinkers Campus addresses water and sanitation challenges (7 May 2020): https://unhabitat.org/second-covid-19-urban-thinkers-campus-addresses-water-and-sanitation-challenges
UNAIDS
United Nations in South Africa launches US$ 136 million COVID-19 flash appeal (7 May 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/may/20200507_united-nations-south-africa
UNCDF
Financial Health Solutions for COVID-19 and Beyond (7 May 2020): https://www.uncdf.org/article/5601/financial-health-solutions-for-covid-19-and-beyond
UNCTAD
COVID-19 offers opportunities to make fishing industries more sustainable (7 May 2020): https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=2360
UNDRR
Business maps out post-pandemic resilient future (8 May 2020): https://www.undrr.org/news/business-maps-out-post-pandemic-resilient-future
UNECA
ECA leads discussion on Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown exit strategies (7 May 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/eca-leads-discussion-africa%E2%80%99s-covid-19-lockdown-exit-strategies
UN Resident coordinators in West Africa and ECOWAS call for partnership with ECA for harmonized and coordinated COVID-19 response at the regional level (7 May 2020): https://www.uneca.org/stories/un-resident-coordinators-west-africa-and-ecowas-call-partnership-eca-harmonized-and
UNEP
Building Back Better: Why we must think of the next generation (8 May 2020): http://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/building-back-better-why-we-must-think-next-generation
UNESCO
Universities tackle the impact of COVID-19 on disadvantaged students (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/universities-tackle-impact-covid-19-disadvantaged-students
When hip-hop saves lives: UNESCO, i4Policy, UNHCR join forces in #DontGoViral campaign to fight infodemic around COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/when-hip-hop-saves-lives-unesco-i4policy-unhcr-join-forces-dontgoviral-campaign-fight-infodemic
Yuval Noah Harari: “Every crisis is also an opportunity”: https://en.unesco.org/courier/news-views-online/yuval-noah-harari-every-crisis-also-opportunity
New UNESCO resource paper on school re-opening during COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/new-unesco-resource-paper-school-re-opening-during-covid-19
Online film festival for children in lockdown is themed on solidarity and citizenship (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/online-film-festival-children-lockdown-themed-solidarity-and-citizenship
Know Water App (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/know-water-app
Access to Information more vital than ever (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/access-information-more-vital-ever
Stop COVID-19 disinformation at the root with media and information literacy (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/stop-covid-19-disinformation-root-media-and-information-literacy
UNESCO launches platform on living heritage and COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-launches-platform-living-heritage-and-covid-19
Share your #LivingHeritage experience (7 May 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/share-your-livingheritage-experience
Example from Belgium: ‘ICH practices adapt, rethink and transform’: https://ich.unesco.org/en/an-experience-01124?id=00084
UNHCR
Mobile money helps displaced Congolese survive amid coronavirus threat (7 May 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2020/5/5eb3c5474/
UNODC
COVID-19 is changing the route of illicit drug flows, says UNODC report (7 May 2020): https://www.unodc.org/unodc/press/releases/2020/May/covid-19-is-changing-the-route-of-illicit-drug-flows–says-unodc-report.html
UNV
Volunteering online during lockdown to fight COVID-19 (8 May 2020): https://www.unv.org/News/Volunteering-online-during-lockdown-fight-COVID-19
UNWTO
The Future Is Now! UNWTO Recognizes World’s Best Innovators Facing Up To COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://www.unwto.org/news/the-future-is-now-unwto-recognizes-world%E2%80%99s-best-innovators-facing-up-to-covid-19
WFP
UN issues $6.7 billion appeal to protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries (7 May 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/un-issues-67-billion-appeal-protect-millions-lives-and-stem-spread-coronavirus-fragile
How radio is lending Malawi’s farmers a hand in the fight against COVID-19 (7 May 2020): https://insight.wfp.org/preventing-covid-19-across-the-radio-waves-in-malawi-5a0a227a7e69