Avian Influenza - Information for United Nations System Staff

Q & A on UN System Pandemic Preparedness

Message from the Secretary-General on Pandemic Preparedness

Dear Colleagues,

As you know, the continuing and rapid spread of avian influenza poses serious challenges for the countries and people we serve. Meanwhile, there is widespread concern that the virus causing bird flu might start to spread easily from person to person, prompting a human influenza pandemic. We do not know for sure if or when a human pandemic will erupt, but we do know that there is no time to lose in prep aring and planning for that possibility. In this process, the priority of the United Nations family is not only to serve the world at large, but to care for its own staff...

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What is this Website, What is the Plan and Who is it for?

What you are looking at now is just the very first step in what will be a much larger and interactive site.

These http://avianinfluenza.staffinfo.un.int pages are designed to provide United Nations System staff with internal news about how the United Nations System will respond to Avian Influenza.

This site is for all United Nations System employees and their families. The audience includes the Secretariat, Funds and Programmes and Specialized Agencies as well as all field missions.

Contact

Please use the following email address to submit any questions you have about the United Nations System response to Avian Influenza for staff.

avianflu@un.org