BBC and al Jazeera are slightly better at tracking other news, but not by much.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 5:08 PM Wendy Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > To answer your second question, I think it depends on the government > department in question. I work for a foreign ministry (NZ), and almost all > hands are on deck for COVID-19 response. Most countries are having massive > consular emergencies, trying to get nationals back home, responding to > questions from in-country non-nationals, navigating all of the border > complexities (think of people transiting countries, families with mixed > residency status, etc.). I cannot speak for all governments, but here this > effort is requiring resource from across the business. This has an impact > on all work being done; we have people backfilling, and backfilling the > backfilling, but some work is indefinitely postponed. Every govt department > will be affected in its own way (sorting economic packages for business; > dealing with tourists who are still here; sorting out school policy; > ensuring food and other supply chains are stable; etc.). > > I work on a multilateral desk (UN relationship management), and BAU has > slowed to a trickle. As Pam noted, UN meetings are being scaled down, > postponed, or cancelled. Some processes related to those meetings (e.g., > informals, regional consultations) are happening, although at a slower > pace. Multilats are also shifting their focus to COVID-19 matters - how > this manifests will vary by each agency. > > Apologies for writing in haste but hopefully a view from a government is > helpful. > > Wendy > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 12:38 PM Peter M Haas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Has anyone got any suggested feeds that cover all the other issues that >> we used to study? Has the media become corona obsessive, or have >> governments and other actors stopped business as usual? >> >> I regularly follow the FT, NYT, WP, FP, and nada. >> >> >> >> Peter M Haas >> >> Professor & Graduate Program Director >> >> 514 Thompson Hall >> >> Department of Political Science >> >> UMASS Amherst >> >> Amherst MA 01003 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "gep-ed" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/1d1b01d600a2%24f1b98ea0%24d52cabe0%24%40polsci.umass.edu >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/1d1b01d600a2%24f1b98ea0%24d52cabe0%24%40polsci.umass.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKu%3Do17%2BTdZS7ucQLSXiNHqgK6xYVwGCJdbE%3D8F9cjWaYKZHaQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKu%3Do17%2BTdZS7ucQLSXiNHqgK6xYVwGCJdbE%3D8F9cjWaYKZHaQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- D.G. Webster Associate Professor Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College 6182 Steele Hall Hanover, NH 03755 phone: 603-646-0213 http://sites.dartmouth.edu/websterlab -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAKPQqY6DAEWG1Qs9k%3DdKVAHFtzXCirU20x%2BnhTM1b0VyG948Zw%40mail.gmail.com.
