August 2020
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Announcement
On 1 August, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Allegra Maria del Pilar Baiocchi of Italy as the United Nations Resident
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August 2020
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Story
Majaha Mbuyisa, despite obstacles and COVID-19 is working to empower young Emaswati living with HIV through his cleaning business and peer-to-peer facilitation.
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August 2020
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UN teams continue to work with local authorities and partners to help mitigate the health and socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic. Below, we
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August 2020
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Announcement
Fiji – The United Nations has announced Pacific Unite: Saving Lives Together, a first-of-its-kind televised and digitally streamed concert that will
August 2020
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Video
Peruvian merchants share how they have adapted their lives to safeguard themselves and their community, and the importance of maintaining their right
August 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
Every year on August 9, the world observes International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
On this day, we recognize the achievements of the
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August 2020
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UN in Kenya response to a complex humanitarian crisis of COVID-19, floods and desert locust invasion
Since the beginning of the year, Kenya has gone through a triple humanitarian crisis of COVID-19, Floods and Locust invasion that have threatened the economy.
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August 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
In January, Thailand became the second country to confirm a COVID-19 case but, since then, the country has shown remarkable resilience and, as of late July, there had not been any recorded cases of domestic transmission for nearly two months. Gita Sabharwal, the UN Resident Coordinator in Thailand, explains that this success is thanks to a combination of government action, social responsibility and community solidarity.
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August 2020
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Resource
The document shows the collective response of the United Nations in Jordan to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19.
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