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Edited News | WHO
UN leads push to protect most vulnerable from mental health problems during and after COVID-19. Decades of neglect and underinvestment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday, in a call for ambitious commitments from countries in...
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , UNOG , WFP , UNCTAD , ILO , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the...
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Edited News | OCHA
Almost no humanitarian aid is entering the non-government-controlled areas in Ukraine due to Covid-19 lockdown measures. Since the third week in March practically no humanitarian aid has reached eastern Ukraine beyond the “contact line” that separates the government-controlled and...
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Edited News | UNHCR
Conflicts and heavy floods force tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in Somalia amidst COVID-19. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) calls for a strong and coordinated response from the international community, national and local Somali authorities and humanitarian actors to meet the massive...
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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNHCR , WHO , UNOG , WFP , WIPO , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World...
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Edited News , Press Conferences | WHO
Press conference WHO: Covid-19 Zoonotic Origin - Virus hunters continue search for animal link to COVID-19 infections in people
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Edited News , Press Conferences | UNOG , IOM
Migrants stranded ‘all over the world’ and at risk from COVID-19. Thousands of migrants have been stranded “all over the world” where they face a heightened risk of COVID-19 infection, the head of UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday.
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Edited News , Press Conferences | ITU
COVID-19 makes universal digital access and cooperation essential: ITU
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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNHCR , WHO , UNOG , WFP , ILO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee...
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Edited News | UNHCR , WFP
Food insecurity in West Africa could leave 43 million at risk as COVID hits: WFP / UNHCR