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G-20 summit provides chance to rally strongly against coronavirus threat: UN chief UN Japan/Ichiro Mae. UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the G-20 summit in Japan in 2019. He is shown at the Climate Change Trilateral Meeting with HE Mr. Jean-Yves Le Drian, Foreign Minister of France and HE Mr. Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China         24 March 2020 Health The COVID-19 crisis presents an "extraordinary opportunity" for the world’s leading economic forum to respond to the numerous threats the disease poses to people everywhere, the  UN Secretary-General  has said. In  a letter  to the members of the Group of 20 industralized powers (G-20), António Guterres welcomed their decision to convene an emergency virtual summit on the pandemic, which has already affected health, education and economies worldwide. " COVID-19  will require a response like none before -- a ‘...

UN welcomes response by Libyan parties to calls for humanitarian pause © UNICEF/Giovanni Diffidenti A child runs through the debris and wreckage in downtown Benghazi, Libya.         21 March 2020 Peace and Security The United Nations on Saturday welcomed the “positive responses” of  Libya ’s Tripoli-based government and the Libyan National Army (LNA) to calls for a pause to stop the fighting, in the hopes that this would allow humanitarian access throughout the crisis-torn country and head off the potential threat of COVID-19.  Secretary-General  António Guterres , in a statement issued by a UN spokesperson,  welcomed  the responses by the Government of National Accord and the eastern-based Libyan National Army on 18 and 21 March respectively. “Given the already dire humanitarian situation in Libya and the possible impact of the  COVID-19  pandemic, the Secretary-General call...

UN in Nigeria strengthens COVID-19 containment and care, mobilizes $2 million for key support to Government UNIC Lagos Edward Kallon (right), UN Resident-Coordinator in Nigeria; UNAIDS Country Director, Erasmus Morah (2nd right); and Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire (2nd left); and others attend a meeting in Lagos on the UN Nigeria response to COVID-19 pandemic.         24 March 2020 Health The United Nations system in Nigeria has mobilized $2 million to help the Government’s efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak and care for those in the West African country stricken by the virus.  UN in Nigeria @UN_Nigeria Nigeria's Minister of Health @ DrEOEhanire washing hands at the UN House, Abuja. @ EdwardKallon @ NCDCgov # COVIDー19 # COVID19NIGERIA # SafeHands 5 7:20 PM - Mar 23, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy See UN in Nigeria's other T...

UNICEF sounds alarm over water cuts in Syria as efforts ramp up to prevent COVID-19 spread © UNICEF/Masoud Hasan Two young children wait to collect water trucked in by UNICEF from other areas of the Middle East to Tal Tamer, Syria. (16 October 2019)         23 March 2020 Humanitarian Aid The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its relief partners in  Syria  are warning that water disruptions in the country’s war-battered north-east could exacerbate risks posed by the global coronavirus pandemic.  In statement from Damascus,  Fran Equiza ,  UNICEF  Representative in Syria,  said  on Monday that the water supply from the Allouk station – the main source of water for some 460,000 people – has been interrupted It is the latest in a series of pumping disruptions over the past weeks, he said. “The interruption of water supply during the current efforts to curb the spread of...