Wearing a full protective suit, a women doctor who leads a group of volunteer medical professionals attending to COVID-19 patients and persons under investigation at a community hospital in the Philippines. UN Women/Louie Pacardo

COVID-19 shows ‘urgent need’ for solidarity, UN chief tells Nobel forum

11 December 2020 - Secretary-General encourage by support received for his call for global ceasefire.

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A 16-year-old boy recovers in a rehabilitation centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for children who were abducted and forced to take up arms.

No place for children in conflict, UN chief tells Security Council

28 June 2021 - UNICEF regrets Secretary-General's call for global ceasefire goes unheeded.

Families displaced by conflict and violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo receive humanitarian aid from the UN.

COVID-19 pandemic ‘feeding’ drivers of conflict and instability in Africa: Guterres

19 May 2021 – Secretary-General reiterates call for global ceasefire.

UNICEF-supplied oxygen machines helped a 58-year-old woman in Ukraine fight COVID-19.

UN Security Council demands COVID-19 vaccine ceasefires

26 February 2021 - The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling on all Member States to support a “sustained humanitarian pause” to local conflicts, in order to allow for COVID-19 vaccinations.

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COVID-19 shows ‘urgent need’ for solidarity, UN chief tells Nobel forum

No place for children in conflict, UN chief tells Security Council

COVID-19 pandemic ‘feeding’ drivers of conflict and instability in Africa: Guterres

UN Security Council demands COVID-19 vaccine ceasefires