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UNOCHA/Shahrokh Pazhman The return home of some 136,00 Afghan people since the beginning of the year and a weakened health system is putting Afghanistan at risk of the coronavirus.         31 March 2020 Peace and Security With the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop, political parties in Afghanistan are being urged to prioritize national interests and come together for peace talks with the Taliban, the UN Deputy Special Representative for the country told a videoconference meeting with Security Council members on Tuesday. Ingrid Hayden, also Officer-in-Charge at the UN mission in the country,  UNAM A, reported that despite international engagement, President Ashraf Ghani and rival Abdullah Abdullah remain at loggerheads over the outcome of the presidential election held in September. UNAMA News @UNAMAnews # Afghanistan is reaching a defining moment. Can its leaders rally together & engage Taliban to achieve peace? The choice is made stark by all-enveloping # COVID19 threat, said UNAM

UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’ UN Photo/Mark Garten UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the media on the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.         31 March 2020 Health The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on everyone to “act together to lessen the blow to people”. United Nations ✔ @UN Watch live as @ antonioguterres launches report on the socio-economic impacts of # COVID19 . https://www. pscp.tv/w/cVIPCzU1MDE5 NTN8MU1ZR05rTHB3Z1JKdzt03kopmq-5CTI9rWjzWBJ1YB3XXNV46ZPtnT9dhQSY?t=4m2s  … UN Web TV @UNWebTV Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 | Launching of the report by UN chief (31 March 2020). pscp.tv 339 9:03 PM - Mar 31, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 187 people are talking about this “The new  coronavirus  disease is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people’s livelihood

        31 March 2020 SDGs The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are in the world, according to the United Nations. The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs represent a boundary-pushing blueprint for the future of the Earth and it’s anticipated they will be realized by 2030. UN News joined the International Labour Organization on a visit to Hawaii where many people are already living or studying aspects of the goals in their everyday work. Ken Rubin is a professor of volcanology and geochemistry specializing in volcanoes and sea level change. Based in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hawaii, he travels the world to observe active and dormant volcanoes, both on the land and beneath the sea. “In my work, I look at specifically at how volcanic eruptions impact populations. It doesn't have to be human populations; it could be marine communities that live in