June 2020
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Announcement
On 1 June, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ms. Cristian Munduate of Guatemala as the United Nations Resident
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June 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
The “Year of Volunteers” in Azerbaijan has coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic that has emerged as the defining global health crisis of our time and
COVID-19
UN Volunteers
June 2020
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Resource
The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of
COVID-19
June 2020
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Story
It is a lively day in one of the many market areas of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon.
Street vendors at small tables or carts are selling their
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June 2020
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Resource
The System-wide Strategic Document (SWSD) is a UN Development System instrument that sets its strategic intent at the global, regional and country
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Cooperation Framework
UNSDG
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
June 2020
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Action 2030 Blog
Costa Rica is winning plaudits for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alice Shackleford, UN Resident Coordinator in Costa Rica, and WHO Representative María Dolores Pérez-Rosales, explain why the small Central American country is managing to keep the number of cases down, and its population healthy.
COVID-19
June 2020
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Story
Yemen was struggling with a poor reproductive health system even before the situation was worsened by the war which pushed millions of people into further vulnerability and the health system into near collapse. In 2020, 3.75 million women and girls of reproductive age and 600 000 who would become pregnant or deliver are at risk of mortality and morbidity.
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June 2020
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Resource
COVID-19 leaves few lives and places untouched. But its impact is harshest for those groups who were already in vulnerable situations before the
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June 2020
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Story
A Brazilian filmmaker is hoping that the uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic will generate more empathy and solidarity towards others, including refugees, an optimistic position also held by the UN Refugee Agency in the South American country.
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