The fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took place on...
On 11 May 2020, sixteen United Nations entities and six International Financial Institutions delivered a socio-economic response and recovery offer (the Offer) to the Government of Uzbekistan...
I. Introduction The present report sets out participating multilateral partners’ consolidated socio-economic response and recovery offer to the Government of Uzbekistan in addressing the impact of...
As COVID-19 quarantine measures on both sides of the ‘contact line’ are gradually being eased, three out of the five official crossing points partially re-opened in June. However, only two allow...
By Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim, and Marina M. Tavares The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that...
PROTECTION CONCERNS Civilian casualties: The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine recorded 16 conflict-related casualties(4 persons killed and 12 injured), which is half that of May...
1. COVID-19 Legislative Measures Update: 30 June 2020 In June 2020, Ukrainian government continued to lift or ease previously imposed restrictions aimed at containing COVID-19 spread in Ukraine...
14 July 2020, Kyiv, Ukraine – Since 2015, UNHCR and NRC in Ukraine have partnered to repair and rehabilitate more than 5,000 homes destroyed during the conflict in the east of Ukraine. With funds...
About the project HelpAge currently runs a project titled “Strengthening COVID-19 emergency response for conflict affected vulnerable and disabled older women and men in settlements located in the...
Looking back: Labour market disruptions in the first half of 2020 Workplace closures Working-hour losses: Much larger than previously estimated The latest ILO estimates show that workinghour losses...