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Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Leaving No Country Behind
The report highlights that in addition to the risk of leaving behind vulnerable groups within countries, vulnerable countries, too, face the risk of being left behind. This is especially the case for…

COVID-19 and crisis contexts one year on: What have we learnt? How can we fast-track recovery?
Statement delivered by Haoliang Xu as part of UNDP's Development Dialogues: Rethinking solutions to crisis in the Decade of Action series

COVID-19 eroding social cohesion and triggering rise in civil unrest in crisis-affected countries, alert UNDP, g7+
New York, 11 March 2021 – With over 2.6 million dead and 117 million infections, no country in the world has remained untouched by COVID-19.

Putting Fragility at the Center of Iraq's Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Oil Crisis
In a post-COVID-19 Iraq, it will be impossible to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or an inclusive development trajectory without tackling the multiple dimensions of fragility in the…

Bringing life back to the ports of Yemen
Why Yemenis are starving, despite abundant food.

UNDP Support to Conflict-affected Countries
Remarks by Crisis Bureau Director Asako Okai, Management Response at the First Regular Session of UNDP Executive Board Evaluation session - UNDP Support to Conflict-affected Countries

UNDP at the Paris Peace Forum 2020
In less than a month, at the third edition of the Paris Peace Forum (PPF 11 -13 Nov 2020) the international community will gather to build forward better from the COVID-19 pandemic. All actors of…

Recovering from COVID-19: Lessons from Past Disasters in Asia and the Pacific
COVID-19 in Asia-Pacific has added to the multitude of risks that the region faces intersecting with natural hazards, conflicts and fragility. More than any previous disaster, the novel coronavirus…

Istanbul Mediation Conference
Statement delivered by Asako Okai at the Istanbul Mediation Conference, 'Peace Mediation in the New Normal' #UN75

How We Worked from Home
Findings from the Work From Home (WFH) experience in response to the COVID-19 global health crisis in Malaysia
