United Nations Coronavirus

• United Nations cancels all in-person meetings after 5 coronavirus cases reported

  The United Nations on Tuesday cancelled all in-person meetings for this week after a U.N. member nation reported five cases of COVID-19 among its staff.

  World

  Oct 27, 2020
  
• World leaders clash over coronavirus during virtual United Nations meeting

  Kept apart by a devastating pandemic and dispersed across the globe, world leaders convened electronically Tuesday for an unprecedented high-level meeting.

  World

  Sep 22, 2020
  
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• Unilateralism will strengthen coronavirus pandemic, U.N. assembly chief warns

  The new president of the U.N. General Assembly warned Tuesday that unilateralism will only strengthen the COVID-19 pandemic and called for a new commitment to global co-operation, including on the fair and equitable distribution of vaccines.

  World

  Sep 15, 2020
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• Worst impacts on poverty from coronavirus crisis ‘still to come,’ UN expert says

  A legal scholar appointed by the UN said the economic downturn resulting from the pandemic is unprecedented in times of peace since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

  World

  Sep 11, 2020
• Bob Rae: Global coronavirus solution to be top priority in UN ambassador role

  Rae also weighed in on the WE Charity scandal, saying he doesn't think Justin Trudeau has a ethics blind spot.

  Politics

  Aug 2, 2020
• Trudeau stresses need for international co-operation at coronavirus vaccine summit

  Today's summit, hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is aimed at ensuring poor countries will have ready access to an eventual vaccine for the deadly coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2020
• Trudeau, world leaders issue calls for global unity at UN event on coronavirus recovery

  The conference came as Canada is competing for one of two non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council next month against Norway and Ireland.

  Politics

  May 28, 2020
• UN demands global action to scale up medicines, equipment for COVID-19

  Many countries have been grappling with the inequality the virus has often laid bare, and how to ensure everyone has access to necessary hygiene products and protective equipment.

  World

  Apr 21, 2020