Current Events

This week I will not be looking at the Instagram of the UN at Geneva. This is due to there being minimal posts about current events that are going on However, I can make a post about their Facebook because their Facebook has made posts about current events.

They tend to post quotes from different world leaders from the UN about the COVID-19 crisis. As well as what a medical crisis like this means for those in less developed countries with less developed health care systems. And what a crisis like this means for refugees, migrants, and stateless people (UN Geneva. https://www.facebook.com/UN.Geneva/posts/2883438441701940. Accessed 2 Apr. 2020.) They also talk about how women’s leadership in response to the COVID crisis is important for different reasons. For example medical data being skewed to favor men and not women (UN Geneva. https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Public—Government-Service/UN.Geneva/posts/. Accessed 2 Apr. 2020.)

They also share the live briefings from the World Health Organization. I think this is a very good use of their platform because they are using it to share valuable, factual information about the COVID-19 crisis. They also share things like prevention tips and facts about preventing the spread of the disease.

They also use their platform to prevent the spread misinformation. This was an image posted on their Facebook on April 1st. It is a repost of something the World Health Organization posted but they are using their platform to help prevent the spread of misinformation which can be very dangerous during a public health crisis.

UN Geneva. https://www.facebook.com/UN.Geneva/posts/2879550702090714. Accessed 2 Apr. 2020.

I do not think the UN at Geneva will trend during this global crisis. However I do believe that the will use their platform to share accurate and factual information about the spread of COVID-19 from places that may trend, like the World Health Organization.