United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Fiona McCluney of the United Kingdom as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in
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September 2020
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Announcement
September 2020
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Announcement
On 1 September, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Matthias Z. Naab of the United States and born in Ghana as the United
September 2020
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Announcement
On the 24 of August, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Garry Conille of Haiti as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in
September 2020
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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.
COVID-19
August 2020
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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.
COVID-19
August 2020
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Right now, UN teams are working as one with governments and partners to prevent and respond to COVID-19. Today, we highlight a few of the coordinated responses to COVID-19 as of 28 August 2020.
COVID-19
August 2020
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From banking, to food delivery, and taxi bookings, Uganda is rapidly becoming accustomed to many of the online tools that are commonplace in developed economies, and which don’t rely on face-to-face interactions. The UN is supporting this shift, as a way to help developing economies recover from the global economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19
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.
COVID-19
August 2020
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In Sierra Leone, as the Government made the wearing of face masks mandatory in public areas in May 2020, the UN team worked with local authorities and
COVID-19
August 2020
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The UN Development system continues to support national efforts to fight against COVID-19 in a collaborative way through its UN Country Teams