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With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until October 2021.
FROM THE FIELD: Sunny days power a better life for displaced Nigerians April 2, 2020
Water boreholes powered by solar energy are helping to improve life for Nigerians displaced by conflict, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
‘Working round the clock’ to aid Venezuelan refugees and migrants during COVID-19 pandemic: UN agencies April 1, 2020
Two United Nations agencies came together Tuesday to urge the international community not to overlook the on-going plight of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world.
COVID-19: International community must step up to prevent pandemic from devastating vulnerable on the run April 1, 2020
Given how quickly the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading, an outbreak is “looking imminent” in the world’s refugee camps, crowded reception centres or detention facilities where migrant families are sheltering, the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.
WHO concerned over rapid escalation in COVID-19 spread as caseload approaches one million April 1, 2020
Deaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 worldwide, while the global caseload is heading towards one million, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday.

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FROM THE FIELD: Sunny days power a better life for displaced Nigerians April 2, 2020
Water boreholes powered by solar energy are helping to improve life for Nigerians displaced by conflict, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Low-skilled workers, developing countries at risk of steep economic decline as coronavirus advances April 1, 2020
The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and may contract even further if restrictions on economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses, according to analysis released today by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
Coronavirus pandemic threatens to plunge millions in Arab region into poverty and food insecurity April 1, 2020
COVID-19 will be responsible for pushing a further 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, according to a new policy brief issued on Wednesday by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’ March 31, 2020
The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on everyone to “act together to lessen the blow to people”.
$2.5 trillion COVID-19 rescue package needed for world’s emerging economies March 30, 2020
The economic fallout from COVID-19 is likely to get “much worse” before it gets better for some six billion people living in developing economies, the UN said on Monday, in an appeal for a $2.5 trillion rescue package to boost their resilience to further hardship.
‘Rapid deterioration’ in global investment flows as Coronavirus spreads: UN trade body March 26, 2020
Foreign direct investment flows are liable to drop by 30 to 40 per cent during 2020, into next year, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting a far more severe economic blow that initially projected, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Thursday in its latest Investment Trends Monitor report.
Debt relief milestone in Somalia, as World Bank, IMF, call for global payment suspension in light of COVID-19 March 25, 2020
The top United Nations official in Somalia congratulated the Horn of Africa nation on Wednesday for achieving the benchmark set by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), confirming its eligibility for debt relief.
‘Concerted efforts’ needed to meet 2030 Global Goals in Asia-Pacific region March 25, 2020
Action to reverse the depletion and degradation of the environment across Asia and the Pacific is a top priority if the region is to stay on course to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new United Nations report launched online, for the first time, on Tuesday.
Reaching ‘beyond the possible’ in Hawaii to meet sustainability goals March 23, 2020
The people and government of the US state of Hawaii will reach “beyond the possible” to make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality; The SDGs are a set of targets agreed by countries around the world to reduce poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all, by 2030. Hawaii introduced its […]
‘Solidarity, hope’ and coordinated global response needed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic, says UN chief March 19, 2020
As public fear and uncertainty grow around the COVID-19 pandemic, “more than ever before, we need solidarity, hope and the political will to see this crisis through together,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday in his first virtual press conference.

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