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The IMF is working at an “unprecedented” pace to provide emergency support financing to the global economy with a particular focus on Africa, spokesman Gerry Rice said Thursday in Washington. IMF

Unanimously adopting a twinset of resolutions, the Security Council established the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) for an initial 12-month period to assist the country’s shift to democratic governance and support the protection and promotion of human rights and sustainable peace, and also extended the mandate of the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), until the 31st of December of this year. UNIFEED

A heavy-handed focus on countering national security threats and illegal drugs has resulted in serious human rights violations in the Philippines, including killings and arbitrary detentions, as well as the vilification of dissent, a new report by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said Thursday. Persistent impunity and formidable barriers to accessing justice need to be urgently addressed, the report said. UNTV CH

A heavy-handed focus on countering national security threats and illegal drugs has resulted in serious human rights violations in the Philippines, including killings and arbitrary detentions, as well as the vilification of dissent, a new report by the UN Human Rights Office said Thursday. UNTV CH

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it will resume clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 after a pause. WHO

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the announcement of an agreement between representatives of the Venezuelan Government and the advisory team of the National Assembly of Venezuela on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working across the globe to help fight the spread of the virus and assist refugee and internally displaced populations and their host communities. UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (Ksrelief), hold a virtual press conference following the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen 2020.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.