WHO reacts to Trump‘s threat to cut off funding amid pandemic
The World Health Organization officials on Wednesday said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding after US President Donald Trump said he would put contributions on hold.
Trump Threatens Hampering WHO Funds
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut the US funds dedicated to the WHO body.
U.S. Medical Sanctions on Iran Threat to World Health
Medical sanctions by the United States government against the Islamic Republic amount to an "unprecedented threat" to global public health
lift all economic sanctions amid COVID-19 pandemic
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures Alena Douhan called for the lifting of all unilateral sanctions that obstruct the humanitarian responses of sanctioned States, in order to enable their health care systems to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and save lives.
UN to Discuss on Holding World Leaders Meeting
The former Nigerian ambassador said “in the coming month we’ll make a decision about leaders meeting through the normal means,” which means consulting all UN member states.
UN Climate Summit To Be Hold in 2021 due to COVID-19 Outbreak
This year's UN global climate summit is being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, host country Britain said on Wednesday.
In Global Fight vs. Virus, over 1.5 bln Told
With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what could be a pivotal week in the battle to contain the coronavirus in the US and Europe.
Iraq Lodges Formal Complaint with UN over US Airstrikes
Iraq said it has filed a formal complaint with the United Nations and the UN Security Council over the US’ bombings of the country’s security, military and civilian sites that left six people dead.
Guterres: We will come through COVID-19 together
The upheaval caused by the coronavirus – COVID-19 -- is all around us. And I know many are anxious, worried and confused. That’s absolutely natural.
UN Staff to Work from Home
All the UN staff at its headquarters in New York were told Friday to work from home for at least three weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak.