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Rauf Salem, a volunteer, instructs children on the right way to wash their hands, in Sana'a, Yemen.

Policy and Funding

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General has launched the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Comprehensive Response to COVID-19 to save lives, protect societies, recover better. As part of the response, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General is issuing policy briefs to provide ideas to governments on how to address the consequences of this crisis.

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Recover Better Together

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Secretary-General¡¯s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Trust Fund targets its protection to the poor and the vulnerable and offers innovative solutions that chart a more sustainable, more inclusive future for all.

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Women Rise for All 

Convened by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, Rise for All is a global advocacy effort to support the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ roadmap for social and economic recovery from COVID-19, and to fully fund the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Response and Recovery Trust Fund. Women leaders rise in solidarity to save lives and protect livelihoods from COVID-19.

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Youth

As a platform for younge people to get involved in the response to the COVID 19 pandemic, this page provides webinar series, virtual events, statements, blogs, videos and other relevant youth-friendly resources.

Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres delivers remarks

Disability Inclusion

Persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by health, social and economic impacts of COVID-19, as outlined by the Secretary-General in his policy brief A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19. To address the challenges and barriers, it is necessary to design and implement disability-inclusive COVID-19 response and recovery, and build more inclusive and accessible societies, in consultation with persons with disabilities.

Handover ceremony at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ compound in Beijing for donation of critical medical supplies to the Chinese government.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ System

Along with the World Health Organization, the leading authority on scientific and public health information on the new virus, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ offices, field missions, agencies, funds and programmes are also providing new information in their spheres of expertise. This page links to the COVID-19 information portals of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ entities and to three funding channels for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's response.