"Journalists and media workers are crucial to helping us make informed decisions. As the world fights the #COVID19 pandemic, those decisions can make the difference between life and death."
“Emergency powers should not be a weapon governments can wield to quash dissent or control the population” – UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet calls on Governments to ensure #HumanRights are not violated under the guise of exceptional or emergency measures for #COVID19.
António Guterres (United Nations Secretary-General) on International Mother Earth Day (22 April 2020). On this International Mother Earth Day, all eyes are on the COVID-19 pandemic – the biggest test the world has faced since the Second World War. We must work together to save lives, ease suffering and lessen the shattering economic and social consequences.