UN HQ staff to work from home for 3 weeks
About 3,000 UN employees are based at the world body’s headquarters in New York. – EPA pic, March 13, 2020.
ALL United Nations staff at its headquarters in New York were yesterday told to work from home for at least three weeks due to the Covid-19 outbreak unless it is essential for them to be present. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the plan is “to reduce our physical presence at the UN headquarters, while continuing to deliver on our mandates”.
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