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One UN - Pakistan Annual Report 2020 Format The UN’s response to COVID-19 in Pakistan is about saving lives, protecting people and recovering better. This report showcases how the UN in Pakistan mobilized to mount a swift defence against COVID-19 and change millions of lives for the better in 2020. To respond to the massive needs triggered by the pandemic, we worked tirelessly with our partners across all tiers of Government, development organizations, donors, communities, local leaders, civil society, the private sector, the media, youth activists and the people of Pakistan. Our WHO-led he...

Covid resources: Developing countries at the mercy of their wealthier counterparts 16 Mar 2021 Wealthier countries remain determined to keep essential Covid-19 resources to themselves. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images) Wealthier countries remain determined to keep essential Covid-19 resources to themselves, rather than facilitating easier trade of such items with developing countries, despite talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).  In October 2020, India and South Africa proposed a temporary intellectual property waiver on equipment, medication and vaccines related...

+ …not many will quickly forget Kufuor’s success in changing the wheels of development and stemming the tide of hunger in Ghana through policies that mainly targeted the most extensive but most vulnerable constituents in the country – youths, women, and children. During this period…by changing the country’s wheel of development, placed the country on a steady and accelerated pace to reach the designation of a middle-income country… It was a privilege for me to have met His Excellency when he was in power — first in England, then in Accra, and later in Kumasi. I was also later in...

Libya: UNICEF Programme Monthly Update November 2020 Format Education and Youth In November, UNICEF distributed school package supplies to 20 schools in the municipalities of Misrata, Sorman, Alkofra and Tobruk reaching an estimated 10,000 children (using the estimation of 500 children per school). Five schools: two in Derna and three in Al-Khoms were also rehabilitated and handed over, benefitting a total of 1,756 children. UNICEF and its partners enrolled UNICEF and its partners enrolled 196 new girls and boys in non-formal education classes conducted in Bayti centers* through a blended dis...

As humanitarian crises have become more and more complex, UNHCR has expanded both the number and type of organizations it works with. We work closely with sister UN agencies, whose work complements or converges with ours. Most important among these are the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). UNHCR is also committed to working closer wi...