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Global Acceleration Framework to speed up water and sanitation access for all

9 July 2020
SDGs

A new mechanism launched on Thursday aims to speed up action so that people everywhere will have access to water and sanitation by the end of the decade, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Reggae classic ‘One Love’ re-issued to help children upended by COVID crisis

9 July 2020
Humanitarian Aid

The iconic Bob Marley song One Love is to be re-released with the blessing of the musician’s family to support children whose lives have been upended by COVID-19, the UN said on Thursday.

UNICEF/Pirozzi

Rising global temperature shows ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting climate goal

8 July 2020
Climate Change

Annual global temperature is likely to be at least 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels in each of the coming five years, putting globally agreed climate change targets in jeopardy, new data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reveals.

ILO/E. Raboanaly

UN chief highlights need for decent jobs to fuel COVID-19 recovery

8 July 2020
Economic Development

More than 50 Heads of State and government, alongside global employers’ and trade union leaders, have been taking part in an online discussion on Wednesday looking at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world of work.

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Identify and address ‘real needs’ to recover from COVID-19, UN rights expert urges

8 July 2020
SDGs

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in “a serious setback” for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an independent UN human rights expert said on Wednesday, urging a high-level meeting to “take a hard look” at implementation efforts to live up to the promise to leave no one behind.

UNMISS/Isaac Billy

UN expert calls for end to gender-based violence against women journalists

8 July 2020
Human Rights

Women journalists face particular dangers while going about their work, an independent UN expert told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, saying that Governments should do more to protect them. 

World Bank/Henitsoa Rafalia

Illegal trade in fake or faulty COVID-19 products booming, new UN research reveals

8 July 2020
Health

A surge in demand for medical products to combat COVID-19 has led to a jump in the trafficking of substandard and faulty merchandise, according to new UN research published on Wednesday.

 

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World must do better to prevent children ‘dying needlessly’ from AIDS-related illnesses

7 July 2020
Health

Despite progress in the global battle against HIV, the response on behalf of children has fallen behind, the UN agency leading the fight to stamp out the virus said on Tuesday.

ILO/Yacine Imadalou

WHO to issue new brief on airborne transmission, following ‘active engagement’ with scientists

7 July 2020
Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to issue a brief on the modes of transmission of the new coronavirus, a senior official said on Tuesday.

World Bank/Jamie Martin

‘New dynamic’ needed to overcome negative impacts of COVID-19 worldwide 

7 July 2020
SDGs

The dramatic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, have laid bare “weaknesses in our systems and societies”, a top official told the UN’s key international forum on sustainable development which began on Tuesday, warning that “a new dynamic” is needed to overcome the negative shocks.