United
Nations Secretary-General Guterres
Instructs the UN Global Communications Department
to send a letter in recognition of the charity initiative
of multi-national children against epidemic
May 12 is the
International Nurses Day.
The World Health
Organization paid its highest respect to all nurses,
midwives ，doctors and medical
workers on the 11th, and called for strengthening their
protection during the "pandemic" of the new coronavirus
epidemic. The International Council of Nurses also said in a
statement on the 11th that nurses need to be thanked and
protected during the new coranavirus epidemic.
WHO Director-General Tedros said at the press conference
that nurses are usually a bridge between the health system
and the community. During the epidemic, many nurses
struggled to fight the epidemic and risked their lives to
save the lives of others. He paid the highest respect to all
nurses, midwives and medical workers. Maria Van Kielkehofer,
the technical lead of the WHO Health Emergency Program,
called for attention at the press conference to the health
care of all workers, including nurses, who contracted the
new coronavirus and even died. She said that the number of
health care workers infected is shocking. In some countries,
more than 10% of reported cases are health care workers and
doctors.
The children of
the WHF Youth Leaders Committee called the epidemic "the
World WAR III ". Many nurses and doctors were
sacrificed on the front line of the fight against the
epidemic, bravely ridking their lives to help others. Let's
commemorate the nurses and doctors who died in the corona
virus, on April 22, the United Nations
Int’l Mother Earth Day,
WHF children
wrote sent Appeal letters, suggesting that these first
responder heroes should be celebrated and acknowledged by a
memorial ceremony on that day, I hope that all governments
and the United Nations will be able to raise their
flags at half-mast on this day, to mourn these heroes. , UN
WHO director Geneal Tedroes, UN Deputy Secretary-General
Liu Zhenmin, UK Prime Minister Boris, Chinese Mission to the
United Nations, Italian Mission to the United Nations and
other agencies.
In the morning of
May 8th,
the children of the World Harmony Foundation Youth Committee
were very happy to receive a letter from Mr. Jeffrey Brez, the Chief of
Civil Society, Advocacy and Special Events for UN Department
of Global Communication (DGC) on behalf of Secretary-General
Guterres to the World Harmony Foundation’s Youth Leadership
Committee. WHF Youth Leadership Committee, consists of a
diverse group of multi-national anti-epidemic children.
These students are from many different nationalities,
Corona virus-stricken areas including New York, Toronto,
Mainland China, Europe, South America, Africa and others.
After the
outbreak, Harmony Liu, a 9th grader of Jericho Middle School
in Long Island, New York,
Mia Xu (Xu Ziya), from Long Island Great Neck North High School in New
York,
Elvis Han (first grade in Wishing Well Montessori Primary
School, Canada),
Jonathan Jaikaran (born in Afria)
and Adam Jaikaran (Born in Guyana of South America, 1st
grade Maryland
State University, )
, Kaizhen Luo (Class 6, Grade 6 of Fuzhou First Central
Primary School, Fujian, China),
Lawrence Lin (China Fujian Fuzhou Yanan Middle School Class 14 Grade 7),
Zhou Qihan (Alice Zhou, Fujian, China Fuzhou West Lake
Elementary School
8th Grade 5),
Zhou Zhouqi (Joe Zhou, Fuzhou Fourth High School, Fujian, China, 11th High
School,
Lowy (Jia Luoyi) Changsha Nobel Cradle Kindergarten Large Class,
Deng Mingyue (Shenzhen Vanke City Experimental Primary
School 1 Grades,
United Kingdom),
Jinyao Chang (Jindou Kindergarden, Shangxi Province, )
and other students of different nationalities
initiated the
"Save a
meal and use your pocket money to help the COVID-19
disaster”.
Aligned with Canada, China, Europe, Africa, South America,
Australia, and more,
43 students from different nationalities participated in
donating to
the UN-World Health Organization and UNICEF.
After the European and American epidemics became severe, the
kids learned from China and appealed to the US government
and schools to suspend classes. This resulted in the schools
closing a week earlier than government decision. NY
students were prevented from contracting the corona virus
and they continued to work at raising donations
through the UN-WHO to assist the United States and Europe in
resisting the epidemic.
Although their donations were small, this action of loving charity from a
young age was impressive. It earned appreciation from the UN
Sectary General Guterres, Deputy Secretary-General Liu
Zhenmin, US Congressman Suozzi, Lester Wolff
(who is now 101 years old) and other senior officials.
Then, in order to pay tribute to the heroes fighting against
the epidemic, the children wrote a letter to the
Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly
on Earth Day (April 22) to request them to fly the flag at
half-mast on
UN Global Nursing Day (May 12).
On a video conference of the UN with Tencent global
partnership, the SG of UN and the PGA of UN with children
from all over the world paid tribute to the primary care
workers who lost their lives on the front line of the new
pneumonia. This creative activity was highly praised by the
United Nations Secretary-General Guterres and the Global
Communications, who wrote back to the children quickly. The
UN encourages children to communicate with each other around
the world through the
United Nations webinar.
Chief Jeff, on
behalf of the Secretary-General Guterres, encouraged the
children to enter the United Nations online platform for
interactive meetings and exchanges.
In his letter, he emphasized,
"
At the United Nations we are more than ever committed to
working together on this global response, especially with
the youth community. For this reason, the Secretary-
General’s Envoy on Youth, in partnership with the World
Health Organization and UNICEF, is hosting a series of
webinars for young people, titled
“#CopingWithCOVID”. The
aim is to provide young people with a platform for genuine
connection amid uncertainty, encouraging them to field their
questions to the experts from UNICEF and WHO, generate
mental health awareness among young people, and strengthen
demand for integrated mental health and psychosocial
interventions. The Civil Society Unit is also organizing
online conversations where youth come together and share
their perspectives and experiences during the COVID-19
pandemic facing
the global community.”
World Harmony Foundation –Youth Leadership Committee plans
to respond to the call of the Secretary-General and the
Global Communications Department and actively participate in
the United Nations Global Youth Seminar
"#CopingWithCOVID".
Broaden their international horizons, and strive to become
leaders
in the big Internet era in the future.
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