Last week, 24 women, children, and babies were slaughtered in a maternity ward in Kabul. Women were “all on their own,” as hospital policy prohibited them from being accompanied in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has had major disruptive effects globally, but has not stopped such atrocities from being committed, despite United Nations […]
Analysis
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Fragile and conflict-affected countries are a breeding ground for epidemics, and their populations are extremely vulnerable to the impacts.
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Some new practices are specific to the pandemic and will change over time, while others are likely to be more lasting.
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The difference in death tolls and fatality rates between countries in North America and Europe, and Africa, has raised questions as to what factors explain the discrepancy.
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While the UN is making efforts to apply lessons from the cholera epidemic, there are reasons to question whether the reforms are adequate.
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What is clear from the range of interventions and steps taken is that the WHO has been involved in almost all aspects of the response.
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What can the UN system, particularly the UN Security Council, do to ensure that humanitarian organizations can fulfill their mission during the COVID-19 pandemic, in its immediate aftermath, and in the long-term?
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To extend the global fight against COVID-19 to areas struggling to emerge from conflict, UN peace operations need to continue sustaining and promoting peace and stability.
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Questions of whether or how much any new UN special political mission in Sudan should be involved with tasks associated with “protection of civilians” has been a particularly controversial point, as there appear to be differing views within the Secretariat and the Security Council over the need, wisdom, and practicality of providing the new mission with protection-related tasks.
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Security Council members have a brief period of time to address difficult political questions about what comes after UNAMID.
