pandemic recovery

Schoolgirls in Côte d'Ivoire perform as part of activities to raise awareness about peace and human rights.
UN Photo/Hien Macline

Counting on youth, for an ‘equitable and sustainable world for all’

17 September 2021
Peace and Security

At a virtual event on Friday commemorating the International Day of Peace, the UN chief saluted the “voices, vision and commitment of young people in shaping a more peaceful world”.

A man's temperature is taken in Mali to check against a possible COVID-19 infection.
MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

News in Brief 15 July 2021

15 July 2021
News in Brief
  • COVID-19 pandemic ‘nowhere near finished’ says WHO panel
  • Violence ‘coming back to Syria’ warns UNICEF
  • Priest’s death in Indian prison a ‘stain’ on country’s record: UN rights expert
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A strong, sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID pandemic is needed to keep the promise of the 2030 Agenda.
© UNICEF/Ashmita Parelkar

UN chief says race to reach SDGs ‘can and must’ be turned around 

13 July 2021
SDGs

The COVID pandemic has taken four million lives, devastated the global economy, pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty and continues to inflict profound suffering – dramatically impacting progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN chief said on Tuesday at a key international forum. 

A former victim of human trafficking in Mauritania.
© Sibylle Desjardins / IOM

Traffickers have taken advantage of COVID crisis, new UN study shows

12 July 2021
Interviews

A new study from the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human trafficking, indicates that the ‘severity’ of abuses and levels of violence have increased during the pandemic.

Louise Potterton spoke to Ilias Chatzis, Chief of UNODC’s Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section, which developed the new study.   

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United Nations

UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Climate change scare for business, COVID’s $2.4 trillion tourism hit and Tigray alert

1 July 2021
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva

In this week’s show, the worrying rise of internet blackouts to stifle dissent and why going green is a matter of survival for small firms. Also, the pandemic’s $2.4 trillion hit to global tourism, what new migrant worker numbers tell us about the world economy - and an alert over the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

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A vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is launched in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the vaccines received through the COVAX initiative.
© UNICEF/Ariette Bashizi

News in Brief 12 May 2021

12 May 2021
News in Brief
  • Independent COVID probe urges overhaul of pandemic prevention
  • UN call for Middle East calm to avoid 'full scale war'
  • Businesses should stand up against Myanmar junta, experts urge
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Conflict in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique has led to a humanitarian crisis.
© WFP/Shelley Thakral

News in Brief 5 May 2021

5 May 2021
News in Brief
  • COVID-19 pandemic preparedness hub to open in Berlin to promote transparency, early warning capability
  • 155 million faced acute food insecurity last year, with conflict the main driver
  • South Asia at breaking point as COVID infections spike: UNICEF
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According to UNICEF, women, who are often the primary caregivers, both as healthcare workers and at home, are being torn in every direction.
World Bank / Henitsoa Rafalia

Without access to vaccines, COVID will continue widening inequality everywhere 

9 April 2021
Economic Development

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented public health, economic and social crises, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions and exacerbating inequalities throughout the world, the World Bank said at the COVID-19: Vaccines for Developing Countries event on Friday.