WHO
WHO Director-General pays tribute to Spain’s sacrifices and leadership to confront COVID-19 (16 July 2020): https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/16-07-2020-who-director-general-pays-tribute-to-spain-s-sacrifices-and-leadership-to-confront-covid-19
UN News
COVID-19: UN relief chief urges G20 to step up to avert ‘cascading crises’ in fragile countries (16 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1068511
World off track in meeting 2030 Agenda, UN deputy chief warns, calls for solidarity in COVID-19 recovery (16 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1068551
Rise in women prisoners and COVID measures, ‘making sentences worse’ (16 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1068471
DGC
Former World War I battleground calls for ceasefire during COVID-19 (16 July 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/former-world-war-i-battleground-calls-ceasefire-during-covid-19
SG
Secretary-General Launches COVID-19 Postage Stamps Benefiting Health Response (SG/SM/20177, 16 July 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20177.doc.htm
Urgent to Protect Schools from Military Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic – SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (16 July 2020): https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/2020/07/urgent-to-protect-schools-from-military-use-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-srsg-for-children-and-armed-conflict/
GA
General Assembly Begins First Special Session Since 2016 to Discuss COVID-19 Pandemic Chairs of Six Main Committees for Upcoming Seventy-Fifth Session Also Elected (15 July 2020, GA/12255): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/ga12255.doc.htm
Thirty-first Special Session of the General Assembly
16 Jul 2020
Letter dated 16 July 2020 on draft decisions regarding the thirty-first special session of the General Assembly
https://www.un.org/pga/74/2020/07/16/thirty-first-special-session-of-the-general-assembly-2/
Extension of the procedure for taking decisions of the General Assembly during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic until the end of August 2020
16 Jul 2020
Letter dated 16 July 2020 regarding the draft decision entitled “Extension of the procedure for taking decisions of the General
Assembly during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic until the end of August 2020” (A/74/L.76), which is under silence procedure, until 21 July 2020 at 1 p.m.
FAO
Rising uncertainties from COVID-19 cloud medium-term agricultural prospects (16 July 2020): http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1298333/icode/
ILO
Joint Op-Ed ECLAC, ILO & UN Geneva – Building back better: Equality at the centre (16 July 2020): https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_750862/lang–en/index.htm
IMF
Five Charts That Illustrate COVID-19’s Impact on the Middle East and Central Asia (16 July 2020): https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/07/14/na071420-five-charts-that-illustrate-covid19s-impact-on-the-middle-east-and-central-asia
OCHA
UN issues $10.3B coronavirus appeal and warns of the price of inaction (16 July 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/un-issues-103b-coronavirus-appeal-and-warns-price-inaction
UN-Habitat
UN-Habitat, Canada and partners launch One Stop Youth Centre in northern Kenya to prevent COVID-19 spread (16 July 2020): https://unhabitat.org/un-habitat-canada-and-partners-launch-one-stop-youth-centre-in-northern-kenya-to-prevent-covid-19
UNCDF
Media Outlets and Business Associations in the LDCs Supporting the SME COVID-19 Survey (16 July 2020): https://www.uncdf.org/article/5885/media-outlets-in-ldcs-supporting-the-sme-covid-19-survey
UNDP
Progress against the multiple dimensions of poverty was made before the pandemic – but now it is at risk (16 July 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/MPI2020_Progress_multipledimensional_poverty_before_pandemic_is_at_risk.html
The 2020 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): http://hdr.undp.org/en/2020-MPI
Investing in ‘the great reset’ (16 July 2020): https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2020/investing-in–the-great-reset-.html
UNEP
Contest encourages entrepreneurs to build back better in Latin America (16 July 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/contest-encourages-entrepreneurs-build-back-better-latin-america
Green economy & COVID-19 recovery (16 July 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/green-economy-covid-19-recovery
UNFPA
For pregnant COVID-19 patients in Egypt, a safe place to deliver (16 July 2020): https://www.unfpa.org/news/pregnant-covid-19-patients-egypt-safe-place-deliver
UNHCR
UNHCR helps re-open health centre during lockdown in Libya (16 July 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2020/7/5f0ffb954/
UNICEF
Marley family releases reimagined One Love single worldwide in support of UNICEF (16 July 2020): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/marley-family-releases-reimagined-one-love-single-worldwide-support-unicef
WFP
Fall out of COVID-19 severely affects food security of migrants in South America (16 July 2020): https://www.wfp.org/news/fall-out-covid-19-severely-affects-food-security-migrants-south-america
World Bank
New tool facilitates greater transparency and coordination in COVID-19 financing (15 July 2020): https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/new-tool-facilitates-greater-transparency-and-coordination-covid-19-financing