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Daily Wrap 20 October 2020 UN OCHA/Gema Cortes UN urges people to #PledgetoPause before sharing information online With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a "communications emergency" caused by false information disseminated on social media, the UN Secretary-General is encouraging people everywhere to take a breath before sharing content online.  Health © UNHCR/Sylvain Cherkaoui UN chief appeals for urgent action to reverse 'downward spiral' in Central Sahel The world must act now to reverse the situation in Africa's central Sahel region, where humanitarian needs are at "a breaking point", UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-level conference on Tuesday to address the burgeoning crisis.  Humanitarian Aid YPN for UNOCHA 'Work in unison' to promote peace and security in the Persian Gulf region – UN chief Given the complex and multifaceted challenges in the Persian Gulf region, the UN chief told the Security Council on Tuesday that it is important to reflect more deeply on how everyone, particularly the Council itself, can "work in unison to promote peace and security".  Peace and Security © World Bank/Visual News Associate New UN gender study: Women 'far from having an equal voice to men' The COVID-19 pandemic is "interrupting efforts" to achieve gender equality and threatening to "reverse hard-won gains" over the past decades, a senior UN official said on Tuesday. Women © UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani Safeguard human rights defenders, rights of NGOs in India, Bachelet urges Highlighting that India has long had a strong civil society at the forefront of "groundbreaking human rights advocacy within the country and globally", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, raised concerns on Tuesday that "vaguely defined laws are increasingly being used to stifle these voices".   Human Rights Unsplash Trusted data helps us all 'understand the changing world': Guterres Current, reliable and trusted data help us to "understand the changing world" in which we live, the UN chief said on Tuesday in his message for World Statistics Day. SDGs © UNICEF/Niklas Halle'n One in six children living in extreme poverty, with figure set to rise during pandemic An estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) analysis released on Tuesday.  SDGs Coronavirus Portal & News Updates Readers can find information and guidance on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from the UN, World Health Organization and UN agencies here. For daily news updates from UN News, click here. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences