The COVID-19 Detect & Protect Challenge

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THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES THE COVID-19 DETECT AND PROTECT CHALLENGE.

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PRESS RELEASE: Report on Leadership of the United Nations by Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

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The report organizes contributions beginning with a broad exploration of what principled leadership at the UN entails, and how leadership can build consensus to address global challenges and strengthen multilateralism

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INTERESTING LINKS ON LEADERSHIP IN TIME OF CORONAVIRUS FROM CCL

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The Center for Creative Leadership, one of the most authoritative leadership and personal development organization, is sharing some interesting articles on leadership in the times of corona virus.

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WHO Health Alert brings COVID-19 facts to billions via WhatsApp

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the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched dedicated messaging services in Arabic, English, French and Spanish, partnering with WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and allows WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that need it, the UN health agency says.

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PRESS RELEASE: UN human rights office calls for compassion following Rohingya deaths at sea

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The UN human rights office (OHCHR), is calling for compassion for people desperately seeking shelter, after 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar died on a boat in the Bay of Bengal that had spent nearly two months at sea.

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AVPN: VENTURE PHILANTROPY CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL- JUNE 8-JUNE 12, 2020

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The Asia Venture Philanthropy Network is organizing is annual conference on line this year. AVPN sees "social investment as a continuum that encompasses everything from philanthropy and venture philanthropy to impact investing, CSR and sustainable investment. We call this the "Continuum of Capital".

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Policy Brief: Review of the High-Level Political Forum: towards a pivotal institution coordinating the Decade of Action and Delivery (IDDR)I

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Elisabeth Hege, Damien Barchiche, Lucien Chabason wrote for IDDRI a review on the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), the mechanism set up by the UN to monitor the progress of member states towards the implementation of the SDGs.

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Violence acceleration during Pandemics

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This article is about the contemporary issues of women and girls gender based violence survivors during pandemic and inefficient responses of authorities.

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PRESS RELEASE: Colombia: Indigenous Peoples will die from COVID-19 or from hunger if the state does not act immediately

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If the authorities do not take urgent action, Indigenous Peoples will find themselves at a crossroads facing two unthinkable paths: starve or die of the pandemic Fernanda Doz Costa, deputy Americas director at Amnesty International

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Open letter: the EU must not sit idly by while a Member State’s democracy is in jeopardy

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The following letter, signed by 80 MEPs and civil society groups, was sent to the presidents of the European Commission and Council to protest the emergency powers in Hungary.

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ONE World: Global pandemic demands global response

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ONE WORLD, the global anti poverty campaign is promoting a a global response that put poor and vulnerable people at the center of all the efforts to fight covid 19 and its consequences.

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LETTER FROM 13 EU ENVIROMENT MINISTRIES : The GREEN DEAL SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF EU POST COVID RECOVERY PLAN

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The world is facing an unprecedented crisis. In just a few weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has swept across the world and caused tremendous human tragedy and a historical economic setback of which we still do not know the full impact.

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PRESS RELEASE: G20 suspends debt repayments for the world's poorest countries

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"Our efforts must continue and be amplified. We commit to use all available policy tools to support the global economy, boost confidence, maintain financial stability and prevent deep and prolonged economic effects."

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PRESS RELEASE: Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

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A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector.

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PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement

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Women, the elderly, adolescents, youth, and children, persons with disabilities, indigenous populations, refugees, migrants, and minorities experience the highest degree of socio-economic marginalization.

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30 Million People could die if emergency food supply is stopped, WFP chief

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In an interview to the Globe and Mail, one of the premier Canadian dailies, David Beasley, executive director of theWorld Food Program, WFP and former American politician, says that 30 millions people could die of starvation due to the covid 19.

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Press Release: NAMI Calls on Congress to Respond to the Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Caused By the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness, is calling the Congress to address mental health crisis.

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From the ILO: Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout

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The International Labor Organization highlights five reasons why young workers are going to be more affected by the pandemic: 1) Lack of experience in relation to senior/more experienced employees, 2) Young people work in the informal economy, they can't just take some days off, 3) Many youth are in part time, less protected and paid jobs, 4) Young people work in industries affected 5)Automation

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PRESS RELEASE: Protecting the most vulnerable children from the impact of coronavirus: An agenda for action

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"Without urgent action, this health crisis risks becoming a child-rights crisis." " Global coordination is urgently needed to prevent this health crisis from becoming a child-rights crisis."

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Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the EU coordinated action to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences

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"The European budget will be the mothership of our recovery.And for that reason, the next seven year budget must be different to what we had imagined, just as Spinelli said. We will use the power of the whole European budget to leverage the huge amount of investment we need to rebuild the Single Market after Corona." Focus also on linking the recovery with the European Green Deal

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The COVID-19 Detect & Protect Challenge

PRESS RELEASE: Report on Leadership of the United Nations by Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation

INTERESTING LINKS ON LEADERSHIP IN TIME OF CORONAVIRUS FROM CCL

WHO Health Alert brings COVID-19 facts to billions via WhatsApp

PRESS RELEASE: UN human rights office calls for compassion following Rohingya deaths at sea

AVPN: VENTURE PHILANTROPY CONFERENCE GOES VIRTUAL- JUNE 8-JUNE 12, 2020

Policy Brief: Review of the High-Level Political Forum: towards a pivotal institution coordinating the Decade of Action and Delivery (IDDR)I

Violence acceleration during Pandemics

PRESS RELEASE: Colombia: Indigenous Peoples will die from COVID-19 or from hunger if the state does not act immediately

Open letter: the EU must not sit idly by while a Member State’s democracy is in jeopardy

ONE World: Global pandemic demands global response

LETTER FROM 13 EU ENVIROMENT MINISTRIES : The GREEN DEAL SHOULD BE AT THE CENTER OF EU POST COVID RECOVERY PLAN

PRESS RELEASE: G20 suspends debt repayments for the world's poorest countries

PRESS RELEASE: Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19: How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement

30 Million People could die if emergency food supply is stopped, WFP chief

Press Release: NAMI Calls on Congress to Respond to the Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Caused By the COVID-19 Pandemic

From the ILO: Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout

PRESS RELEASE: Protecting the most vulnerable children from the impact of coronavirus: An agenda for action

Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the EU coordinated action to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences

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