With children spending large portions of the day at home due to COVID-19, the United Nations is helping families use the opportunity to teach young people about global challenges, including not only the health pandemic but also poverty, hunger and climate change. Drawing on the power of storytelling to foster positive social change, a plethora of books, board games and public service ads developed by the UN are teaching children how to stay healthy and safe, support others during the crisis, and play a role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Community volunteers visit聽Myanmar slums with COVID-19 information
Provision of lifesaving COVID-19 protection gear to vulnerable households living in Sabra, including refugees and migrants, in order to help them better protect themselves against the spread of COVID-19.
As COVID-19 has brought tourism to a complete standstill, the United Nations is working closely with international organizations, Governments and the private sector to support the responsible and timely recovery of the sector, on which millions of small businesses and jobs depend. The global tourism decline has already taken a toll on national economies, people鈥檚 livelihoods and efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. issued a package of guidance to Member States on economic recovery, marketing and promotion, and institutional strengthening and resilience building.
The COVID-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis; it is an economic, humanitarian, security, and human rights crisis. This crisis has highlighted severe fragilities and inequalities within and among nations. Coming out of this crisis will require a whole-of-society, whole-of-government and whole-of-the-world approach driven by compassion and solidarity. The UN Secretary-General has launched the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19 to save lives, protect societies, recover better. This includes policy briefs to provide ideas to governments on how to address the consequences of this crisis.
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The ocean and COVID-19
For people on the front lines of climate change and conflict, COVID-19 is a new challenge
Kenya鈥檚 public minibuses helps drive the COVID-19 prevention message home
The coronavirus crisis is a crisis like no other, and for emerging market and developing economies, it has triggered a policy response like no other. This large group of countries have bolstered health services and extended unprecedented support to households, firms, and financial markets. While limited policy space has kept the response at a smaller magnitude than in advanced economies, some even managed to help other countries. The 鈥檚&苍产蝉辫; summarizes common threads to their COVID-19 responses.
has called for urgent and coordinated action to release the 150,000 to 200,000 seafarers trapped on board ships around the world because of measures to contain the COVID-19 virus.
Life during the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult for parents and children alike. provides the latest information of what parents need to know to prepare for school reopening.
In the most remote areas of Angola, the wave of coronavirus infections that has swept the world has not yet reached deep into the villages and farming communities. A new joint campaign launched by with the Ministry of Agriculture of Angola aims to keep it that way. In the country鈥檚 northern central region, a group of women farmers wear face masks and stand at least a metre apart. They are taking part in a training session on how to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented risks to the rights and safety and development of children. World Day Against Child Labour 2020 focuses on the impact of crisis on child labour and calls upon countries and organizations to protect the most vulnerable during crisis management and recovery. On 12 June, the is organizing an online to stimulate dialogue on the importance of protecting children from child labour in COVID-19 response and recovery plans. !
As COVID-19 spreads to countries with poor health systems, the United Nations and its partners are racing against time to ensure that life-saving personal protective equipment and other supplies reach frontline health workers in need. The pandemic has disrupted all normal processes involved in transporting supplies. Disruptions to manufacturing in China fractured global supply chains, creating shortages as demand soared. Commercial flights were grounded, trade restrictions implemented, and market competition increased. These challenges create a whole new level of complexity.