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Just inside Colombia along the border with Venezuela, UNHCR and partners are offering medical treatment and counseling to hundreds of people affected by the COVID-19 crisis, including Venezuelans who have crossed the border and locals in need of help. UNHCR

More than USD 870 million is needed to sustain lifesaving aid to war-torn Yemen over the next six months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday, as UN humanitarians also warned that some projects were nearing “breaking point”. UNTV CH

“There are no shortcuts” on the road to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, said WHO’s Michael Ryan at the press briefing on Wednesday. “We wish to be as efficient as possible, but still complete every step that's necessary in delivering a safe and efficacious vaccine,” he added. WHO

World Bank Global Director for Gender Caren Grown detailed the unique impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on women and girls, highlighting the fact that the crisis “has differential impacts on men and on women and on boys and girls, as a result of a number of factors in terms of their biology and physiology, but also because of their social and economic roles in the different societies in which they live." WORLD BANK

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

At the virtual launch of a UN briefing paper focusing on the impact of COVID-19 across Africa, Secretary-General António Guterres said the coronavirus pandemic threatens the hard-earned gains Africans have made throughout the continent. He urged the world to stand in solidarity with the people, “now, and for recovering better." UNIFEED

UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen said Syria’s opposing parties have agreed to resume talks in Geneva as soon as travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic allow. UNTV CH

Addressing World Health Organization (WHO) Member States attending the foreshortened and virtual World Health Assembly in Geneva, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Member States the pandemic “illustrates why investing in health must be at the centre of development.” WHO

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced a USD 800 million aid envelope that will cover the costs of the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 until the summer of 2021 and also to support International Federations (IF), National Olympic Committees (NOC) and the IOC-Recognised Organisations during the Coronavirus pandemic. IOC

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council that “the United Nations has provided a feasible roadmap to the parties,” and it is now up to “those with arms and power, to make the decisions to achieve the objectives set out there.” UNIFEED