"AFGHANISTAN"

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.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) may push an additional ten million of the world’s children into acute malnutrition. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that the number of young children suffering from this life-threatening form of undernutrition could increase by 20 percent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP

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

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

The United Nations (UN) welcomed the agreement reached between Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani and Dr Abdullah Abdullah, “to resolve the political impasse and enable the leaders to address the grave challenges facing the country,” a UN spokesperson said on Monday. UNIFEED

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

The Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, Micheal Ryan, said the virus causing COVID-19 "may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away.” WHO

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemned the horrific attack on a hospital in Kabul,” emphasizing that “those who carry out such crimes must be held accountable,” his spokesperson said. UNIFEED

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