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Man Yi A messenger leaves packages at an outdoor drop-off location as he is not allowed to enter buildings during the coronavirus outbreak in China.         26 February 2020 Health The number of new COVID-19, or coronavirus, infections outside China has outpaced those inside the country for the first time, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “The sudden increases of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Korea are deeply concerning”,  WHO  Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus  said  at a briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. World Health Organization (WHO) ✔ @WHO LIVE # AskWHO on # COVID19 with @ mvankerkhove # coronavirus https://www. pscp.tv/w/cSZpuDI2MTAy MHwxbFBKcVZqcXBPWXhidmVxr-B9DoSOVROmeznzVsuPT4RGIBo_g9eyAtxwpTg=  … Who @WHO LIVE #AskWHO on #COVID19 with @mvankerkhove #coronavirus pscp.tv 690 6:27 PM - Feb 26, 2020 Twitt

IOM A Somali woman arrives in Yemen.         14 February 2020 Migrants and Refugees A monthly average of 11,500 people traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen last year made the so-called Eastern Route the busiest maritime migration path on earth, the UN migration agency  said  on Friday.  Most are unaware of the security situation in Yemen where they face serious protection concerns, including active fighting, or abuses such as kidnapping, torture for ransom, exploitation and trafficking.   “While tragedies along the Mediterranean routes are well reported, our staff bear witness daily to the abuse suffered by young people from the Horn of Africa at the hands of smugglers and traffickers exploiting  their hopes for a better life,” said Mohammed Abdiker, International Organization for Migration  ( IOM ) Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa.  Mohammed Abdiker ✔ @AbdikerM In Obock, Djibouti,

MINUSCA A busy market scene in the Central African Republic.         13 February 2020 Peace and Security Following a visit to the Central African Republic, a UN independent expert said that everyone must take all measures necessary to effectively implement the peace agreement that was signed in Bangui a year ago. “The first anniversary of the Khartoum Peace Agreement, celebrated on 6 February, provided an opportunity for all parties to review its implementation, which will lead to a lasting peace”, Yao Agbetse, Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic,  said  on Thursday. UN Geneva ✔ @UNGeneva Stakeholders in the # CentralAfricanRepublic must take all necessary measures to implement effectively the peace agreement signed in Bangui a year ago, says Yao Agbetse, an independent @ UN expert following a visit to the country. # CAR 38 8:38 PM - Feb 13,

UNOCT Vladimir Voronkov (2nd left), Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, addresses the regional conference in Vienna on challenges posed by foreign terrorist fighters.         12 February 2020 Peace and Security Over the past few years, ISIL and Al-Qaida terrorist fighters have posed an “unprecedented threat to international peace and security”, the UN counter-terrorism chief said on Wednesday in Vienna, at the close of a joint UN- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) regional conference on addressing challenges posed by terrorists who have gone to fight overseas.  Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, recalled that last week he presented to the Security Council the Secretary-General’s report on the continuing threat posed by ISIL. “ISIL is resurgent as a covert network in Iraq and Syria”, he said. “Thousands of foreign terrorist fighte