Protect the world from sliding into global recession, urges UN chief

The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic “are as bad as we feared”, the UN Secretary-General said, as he warned that the international community must act now if it is stave off a global recession, which could wipe out decades of development gains.

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COVID-19 can spark new generation of social protection measures: UN chief

01 Dec 2020

While COVID-19 has wiped out important development gains in mere months, with extreme poverty rising for the first time in decades, the pandemic could spark the transformations needed to achieve stronger social protection systems, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday.

‘Act on the lessons of COVID-19’, Guterres says on Epidemic Preparedness Day

27 Dec 2023

The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.

‘Act urgently’ to stave off catastrophic famine in Yemen: Guterres

20 Nov 2020

Yemen is in “imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades”, the UN chief warned in a statement released on Friday, calling for urgent action on the part of the international community to “stave off catastrophe”.