pandemic recovery

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