July 2020
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Announcement
The UN development system is celebrating a huge milestone: the launch of 60+ UN country team websites. These new web platforms allow teams across the
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June 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
In the past thirty years, the number and strength of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean has tripled. In the past three years alone, three category-5 hurricanes have brutalized several Caribbean islands. It’s no wonder that people in the region are anxiously bracing for the coming hurricane season, which runs June to October.
June 2020
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Story
News of the COVID-19 pandemic had not reached Horihanny Del Valle, a pregnant 16-year-old migrant from Venezuela, until a few weeks ago, when she
COVID-19
June 2020
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Story
Parents are relieved to learn that a toll-free number had become available to register births and get other government certificates. The number—132—was introduced at the end of 2018 for birth registration. It covers two of the country’s 12 districts, the ones with the lowest birth-registration rates.
June 2020
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Story
UN Resident Coordinators and their teams are scaling up efforts across 162 countries and territories to ensure that no one is left behind during this
COVID-19
June 2020
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Story
UN teams worldwide have come together with governments and partners to address COVID-19 and flatten the curve. We spotlight some of the coordinated response efforts as of 5 June 2020.
COVID-19
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.
COVID-19
May 2020
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Story
Learn how UN teams across the globe are working together to tackle COVID-19. Here, are some of the coordinated response efforts as of 22 May 2020.
COVID-19
May 2020
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Story
Traditional storytellers in Chad, known as troubadours, are taking life-saving messages to remote communities in the Sahelian country, as the Government steps up its efforts with the support of the UN to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19
May 2020
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Story
Resident Coordinators are leading the UN teams, working day and night with Governments to flatten the curve and address the impacts of the COVID-19
COVID-19