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Virtual Briefing by Spokesperson for Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has released a summary of the investigation by the Board of Inquiry on Syria.
The Syrian Government has now confirmed 19 cases of COVID-19, including two deaths.
The Secretary-General released a statement on gender-based violence and COVID-19.
The global humanitarian response plan has now received $396.5 million out of a $2 billion appeal.
In Kosovo, this Sunday, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN mission in the country, Zahir Tanin, warned about the importance of addressing human rights challenges that arise in the ongoing health crisis created by the pandemic as well as measures to contain it.
A joint UN convoy in Ukraine, involving the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) arrived last Friday in Donetsk, in the Non-Government Controlled Area in eastern Ukraine.
The UN team in Brazil is working with partners at the national and local levels to leave no one behind to prevent and respond to COVID-19.
The International Labour Organization said today that due to the ongoing pandemic, the upcoming session of the annual International Labour Conference, originally scheduled to start on May 25th in Geneva, is being deferred.
Today is the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. To mark the date, the UN, the World Health Organization (WHO) and FIFA have joined forces in supporting the #BeActive campaign, launched to encourage people to be #HealthyAtHome as the world comes together to fight the virus, today and every day.
Over the weekend, Education Cannot Wait, announced a series of emergency grants, totalling $23 million, to provide education services to protect and support vulnerable girls and boys facing the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 crisis-affected countries.
In Yemen yesterday, six women, including a child, and at least 11 people were injured when shelling hit a women’s section of a prison in Taizz Governorate. The number of casualties is likely higher.
Turning to the Pacific, our humanitarian colleagues and their partners are aiming to provide support to and in Vanuatu which was hit yesterday by tropical cyclone Harold.
San Marino has paid its dues in full which takes us to 78 fully-paid up Member States.
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