UN News/Daniel DickinsonMany container ports, like this one in New York City, have seen a decline in activity as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Trade in many developing countries is expected to take a “nosedive” in the second quarter of 2020, owing to the unprecedented effects of the coronavirus pandemic, UN economists said on […]
WFP/Khudr AlissaThe World Food Program is distributing food to vulnerable families in Aleppo, Syria, and are ensuring they are aware of COVID-19 and how they can stay safe. With war-weary Syria in economic freefall and protesters back on the streets, all sides – domestic and international – must find a way forward that helps its […]
UN Photo/Rick BajornasPermanent headquarters of the International Criminal Court at The Hague. (file) Responding to the decision of the United States Government to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) officials and their family members, O-Gon Kwon, President of the Assembly of States Parties, the body that oversees the ICC, denounced the measures which, he said, undermine the […]
© UNICEF/Helene Sandbu RyengOn 26 May 2020 in Juba, South Sudan, children released from armed forces are seated on the ground while negotiations for their reintegration take place. Boys and girls used and abused in armed conflict have had their childhoods replaced by “pain, brutality and fear while the world watches”, the UN Special Representative of the […]
MINUSCA/Biliaminou A. AlaoSome 300 drivers, including motorcycle taxi drivers, in Bangui,Central African Republic, received information about preventive measures to fight the coronavirus. COVID-19 is accelerating in Africa, with more than 200,000 cases and more than 5,600 deaths, the regional office for the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday. Africa recorded its first case of the new […]
ILO/KB MpofuA woman wearing a COVID-19 protective mask walks past a group of police officers on patrol in Harare, Zimbabwe. Research is ongoing to determine how the virus that causes COVID-19 can be transmitted by people who show no symptoms of the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday. The […]