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• COVID-19: from conflict to pandemic, migrants in Bosnia face a new challenge

  2020-04-03

  Migrants and refugees hosted at UN-run reception centres in Bosnia-Herzegovina, are learning to cope with the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• 'Everyone at risk’ as coronavirus cases tick up among migrants and refugees sheltering in Greece

  2020-04-02

  With 23 migrants at an open accommodation site in central Greece testing positive for COVID-19, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sounded the alarm on Thursday over conditions in crowded reception centres on five Greek islands where the virus risks taking hold.

• COVID-19: Czech Roma community faces up to mask challenge

  2020-04-01

  When face masks stocks began running low in the Czech Republic, minority communities, including the country’s Roma population, were quick to respond, rallying to make fresh supplies, with the aim of slowing the spread of COVID-19.

• UN expert raises alarm over migrant, asylum seeker ‘pushbacks’ at Turkey-Greece border 

  2020-03-23

  Greece must take immediate action to end the violence against migrants and asylum seekers at the border between Turkey and Greece, an independent UN human rights expert said on Monday, expressing alarm at reports of violence at the hands of some Greek security officers and unidentified armed men.

• UN agriculture agency staff continue to strive for a better world amid Italy COVID-19 lockdown

  2020-03-18

  Italy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, with nearly 28,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 2,503 deaths, according to latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO).  While a national quarantine has the country in lockdown, it has not halted the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in the capital, Rome. 

• New report from UN Economic Commission for Europe measures progress on Global Goals

  2020-03-17

  As all eyes, hearts and minds focus on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) garnered attention on Tuesday when a new UN report revealed that only ten countries in the European region have levels of air pollution below the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended limit. 

• UN study projects $32 billion loss for UK post no-deal Brexit

  2020-02-26

  The United Kingdom (UK) risks losing up to 14 per cent of its exports to the European Union (EU) in a so-called “no-deal” Brexit, according to a new study by the UN Conference on Trade, Investment and Development (UNCTAD).

• Hope for ‘long-elusive progress’ in negotiating peace in eastern Ukraine

  2020-02-19

  Marking the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Minsk II agreement, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, that along with the Minsk Protocol and the Minsk memorandum, it remains “the only agreed framework” for a negotiated, peaceful settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

• Do not confuse food charity with ‘right to food’, UN expert tells Italians, labelling food system exploitative

  2020-01-31

  A sophisticated Italian food system is placing a heavy burden on Italy’s workers and farmers, an independent UN human rights expert said on Friday, following an 11-day visit to the country that many regard as the world’s food capital.

• Deadly earthquake kills dozens in Turkey; UN stands in solidarity and offers support

  2020-01-26

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was deeply saddened by the “loss of life and destruction of property” caused by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey on Friday night. 

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