November 2020
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Story
At a virtual meeting held this week, the UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) evaluated the preliminary results and challenges of the response to
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November 2020
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Announcement
New York, 5 November 2020 – The United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) met virtually today to assess preliminary results and challenges
October 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
The private sector in Thailand has a key role to play in helping the south-east Asian country to reach poverty reduction and sustainable development goals agreed by the international community. In this blog, Gita Sabharwal, the UN Resident Coordinator in Thailand and the Chairperson of the UN Global Compact Network Thailand, Suphachai Chearavanont, explain how, despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, progress is being made towards the goals.
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Sustainable Development Goals
September 2020
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Story
The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary on 21 September 2020, at a time of many challenges, including a global health crisis that has shaken the world that we live in. During this time, the UN country teams (UNCTs), behind the scenes, have come together to tackle these uncertainties, digitally.
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September 2020
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Story
The ‘Life Helmets’ face shields, better known as Life Shields, are a new generation of personal protective equipment (PPE) for merchants, who work in Peru’s traditional markets, to safely reactivate the economies without further stigma.
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August 2020
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Story
A new joint programme has been established in Costa Rica to provide tools to social co-managers for basic protection for families and women's economic autonomy in three cantons.
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August 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
The COVID-19 disease has added to longstanding challenges in Mozambique which have threatened the southern African country’s most vulnerable people. In this blog, the UN Resident Coordinator Myrta Kaulard, with IOM Chief of Mission, Laura Tomm-Bonde, and Samuel Chakwera, UNHCR Resident Representative, explain how the United Nations is supporting national efforts to protect the people of Mozambique.
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June 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
These are challenging times for Africa and the rest of our global village.
As of 24 May 2020, 54 countries in Africa had recorded more than 100,000
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May 2020
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Story
UN teams worldwide are uniting with governments, implementing partners and the private sector to fight COVID-19 together. We highlight some of the global responses as of 29 May 2020.
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April 2020
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Story
UN teams worldwide galvanize resources to support governments’ response to COVID-19. We have highlighted some of the collective efforts as of 24 April
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