24 Apr 2020 - PRESS RELEASE
UN supports education authorities in Lebanon to ensure continuity of education, inclusion and equity for children and young people
Beirut, Lebanon
24 Mar 2020 - THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
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APPEAL FOR GLOBAL CEASE-FIRE
23 March 2020
Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19.
The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly.
Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world.
21 Mar 2020 - Transcript of UN Secretary-General's Virtual Press Encounter on COVID-19 Crisis
We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations — one that is spreading human suffering, infecting the global economy and upending people’s lives.
A global recession – perhaps of record dimensions – is a near certainty.
18 Feb 2020 - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on SyriaThe Secretary-General is alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation in northwest Syria and the tragic suffering of civilians.
01 Feb 2020 - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Syria
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the ongoing military escalation in northwest Syria and calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities. He reaffirms that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including on healthcare and educational facilities, are unacceptable.