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Published on Thu, 2020-04-30 15:01
The International Labour Organization (ILO) issued a COVID-19 monitor on the world of work in light of the global coronavirus on 29 April. This was accompanied by a press release specifically focusing on informal work. It reports that: “1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – that is nearly half of the global workforce – stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed” due to COVID-19. |
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Un puente aéreo para llevar ayuda humanitaria concerniente a la lucha contra el COVID19. Un paquete de 20 mil millones de euros para ayudar a los países socios que más lo necesiten. Repatriación de medio millón de ciudadanos: éstas son, básicamente, las medidas que se plantean como ayuda inmediata desde Bruselas para países terceros. Van llegando también aportes puntuales de los países como una clínica móvil y equipos médicos de Alemania para Colombia. |
Published on Tue, 2020-04-28 22:21
WHO ACT Accelerator On 24 April, the World Health Organization announced a multi-stakeholder initiative called the “Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, or the ACT Accelerator”. The ACT Accelerator describes itself as “a collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable global access to new COVID-19 essential health technologies”. It is “grounded in a vision of a planet protected from human suffering and the devastating social and economic consequences of COVID-19”. |
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La UE prepara un plan de ayuda a sus socios. Pero los fondos de cooperación que pueda poner a disposición no alcanzan en América Latina. La verdadera ayuda pasaría por negociar la deuda, dicen especialistas. |
Published on Fri, 2020-04-24 14:18
Member States adopted General Assembly Resolution “International cooperation to ensure global access to medicines, vaccines and medical equipment to face COVID-19” on 20 April under silence procedure. The resolution, drafted by Mexico and sponsored by 75 other delegations, states that the current crisis calls for: |
Published on Thu, 2020-04-23 09:33
Ziad Abdel Samad Never has the world witnessed such a state of panic, not even in world wars, where vast areas remained relatively safe. But the current Corona epidemic seems like a state of global war that will not exclude anyone or any region of this planet. Countries have closed their borders and airports, stopped their railways, and reduced the movement of shipping. Regions inside the same state were isolated and citizens voluntarily quarantined in an unprecedented manner. Distance education has become the way to complete the academic year, depending on the infrastructure required to communicate via the Internet and appropriate applications. |
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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 2020 (IPS) - The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), described as an integral part of its highly-ambitious development agenda, may be in deep trouble. Aimed at addressing some of the global challenges the world faces– including extreme poverty and hunger, inequalities in incomes and gender, climate change and environmental degradation– the SDGs now seem threatened by a world economy facing a brutal recession. |
Published on Wed, 2020-04-22 16:31
The Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity (FACTI) Panel, a joint General Assembly and ECOSOC initiative established in early 2020, will hold a virtual consultation with Member States on 24 April. The Panel has made available an overview of existing mechanisms and a concept note of their work. Among their priorities will be addressing financial secrecy. |
Published on Tue, 2020-04-21 14:46
The global impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the responses have raised a wide range of human rights concerns. |
Published on Mon, 2020-04-20 15:50
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Member States have adopted by consensus a Resolution (A/RES/74/270) on COVID-19 that calls for “international cooperation” and “multilateralism”. The resolution recognizes the "unprecedented effects of the pandemic, including the severe disruption to societies and economies, as well as to global travel and commerce, and the devastating impact on the livelihood of people". It calls for "intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and defeat the pandemic, including by exchanging information, scientific knowledge and best practices”. It stresses "the need for full respect for human rights" and states that "there is no place for any form of discrimination, racism and xenophobia in the response to the pandemic". |
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