UN and coronavirus
- Melanne Verveer  and Robert Nagel
- • April 8, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Covid-19 poses major challenges for people and governments around the world and for the United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for a global cease-fire on March 23 in recognition of the pandemic’s potentially devastating effects…
- Categories: Covid-19, UN Peacekeeping
- Dulcie Leimbach  and Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 15, 2020
The coronavirus has officially hit the United Nations at its New York City headquarters. On Thursday, March 12, the first reported case was confirmed by a diplomat with the Philippines mission to the UN, who said that a Filipino…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Covid-19, Health and Population, Secretary-General, Security Council
- Stéphanie Fillion
- • March 10, 2020
The United Nations Security Council ran a secret cybermeeting simulation on March 9 to prepare for a possible lockdown of the UN building and the rest of New York City, amid the coronavirus outbreak. So far, the UN is…
- Categories: Covid-19, Health and Population, Secretary-General
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