Together at Home, Global Special to Support Healthcare Professionals in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic

Launching commitments of supporters and corporate partners to benefit The COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, Special broadcasting for the benefit of local and regional charities providing food, shelter and health care to those most in need.

A historical transmission to lead Jimmy Fallon from ‘The Tonight Show’, Jimmy Kimmel from ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ and Stephen Colbert from ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ Friends from Sesame Street Also on hand to unite and inspire people around the world to take significant actions that increase support for the global COVID-19 response.

Curated in collaboration with Lady Gaga and broadcast by Alanis Morissette, Andrea Bocelli, Billie Eilish, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, Burna Boy, Chris Martin, David Beckham, Eddie Vedder, Elton John, FINNEAS, Idris and Sabrina Elba, J Balvin , John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Kerry Washington, Lang Lang, Lizzo, Maluma, Paul McCartney, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan and Stevie Wonder.

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Geneva / New York – International advocacy organization A global citizen and the World Health Organization today
he posted One world: home together – a global television and streaming specialty to support the COVID-19 pandemic. One world: home together it will be broadcast live on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.
in the evening PDT / 8: 00 p.m. EDT / 12: 00h GMT broadcast ABC, NBC, ViacomCBS Networks, iHeartMedia and Bell Media networks and platforms in Canada. Internationally, BBC One will launch the program on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Additionally
international broadcasters include beIN Media Group. MultiChoice Group and RTE. The virtual show will show unity among the people affected by COVID-19 and will also celebrate and support courageous healthcare businesses
workers performing rescue operations on the front line.

Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Global Citizen, said: “While honoring and supporting the heroic efforts of community health workers, the One World: Together at Home goal serves as a source of unity and encouragement in the global fight
for the end of COVID-19. Through music, entertainment and influence, the global live show will celebrate those who risk their own health to protect everyone else. “

One world: home together there will also be multi-hour digital broadcasting that is broadcast over the internet on multiple global platforms, including: Alibaba, Amazon Prime Video, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, LiveXLive, Tencent, Tencent Music Entertainment Group, TIDAL, TuneIn, Twitch, Twitter, Yahoo and
YouTube, This digital special will feature additional artists and performances from around the world as well as unique stories from the world’s healthcare heroes. See page for information on how to set up and take action
www.globalcitizen.org/togetherathome.

“The World Health Organization is committed to defeating the coronavirus pandemic with scientific and public health measures and supporting frontline healthcare professionals,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Director-General of WHO. “We may have to be separated for a while physically, but we can still gather almost to enjoy great music. The ‘One World: Together at Home’ concert is a strong show of solidarity against
a common threat. “

“The United Nations system is fully mobilized: supporting countries’ reactions, making our supply chains available to the world and pushing for a global ceasefire. We are proud to have joined forces with One World: Together At Home
to help combat the spread of the virus, reduce the socio-economic impacts on the global community and now work together to promote global goals for the future, “said António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
“There is no greater case for collective action than our joint response to COVID-19 – we are in this together and we will overcome this together.”

Last month in response to the global pandemic, A global citizen launched an urgent support campaign COVID-19 Solidarity Fund in Response to WHO, launched by the UN Foundation. By urging individuals to take action,
and by asking world leaders and corporations to responsibly support the response with sufficient resources, Global Citizens from more than 130 countries have taken tens of thousands of actions to support the response fund.

At this critical time in history, Global Citizen also invites philanthropists to join and support COVID-19’s ongoing efforts as part of the organization’s activities Give while you live effort. Investors, changers and foundations
Leaders are asked to activate their giving and quickly invest in related efforts such as a stronger health system and vaccine development.

In the last three weeks Together at home the series featured performances by artists including,
Chris Martin, John Legend, Charlie Puth, Common, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, Niall Horan, Steve Aoki, Jennifer Hudson, Miguel, H.E.R., Anthony Hamilton, Rufus Wainwright, Hozier and Julianne Hough, among others in
support for WHO and the Global Citizen campaign.

The obligations of supporters and corporate partners will shift to negotiation COVID-19 Solidarity Fund in Response to WHO to support and equip healthcare professionals around the world with masks, dresses and other vital equipment and local charities that provide food, shelter and healthcare to those who need it most. These local groups were checked
to ensure that they assist communities affected by COVID-19.

For more information on Global Citizen and the WHO Solidarity Response Fund support campaign, visitglobalcitizen.org and
follow @GlblCtzn Twitter. Facebook and Instagram using #GlobalCitizen.

To find out more about WHO’s response to the pandemic and the Solidarity Fund’s COVID-19 response, please go to www.who.int/COVID-19 and follow @WHO at Twitter. Facebook. Instagram.
LinkedIn and TikTok.

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About Global Citizen:

Global Citizen is the largest movement of action-makers and impact-makers dedicated to ending extreme poverty by 2030. With over 10 million monthly advocates, our voices have the power to drive lasting change around sustainability, equality,
and humanity. We publish, tweet, write, vote, sign, and call to encourage those who can make things work – government leaders, businesses, philanthropists, artists, and citizens – together improving lives. By downloading ours
app, Global Citizens Learn about the Systemic Causes of Extreme Poverty, Take Action on These Issues, and Realize Rewards that Can Be Used for Tickets to Concerts, Events, and Experiences Worldwide. To date, our community’s actions,
together with efforts at high levels of advocacy and working with partners has resulted in commitments and policy announcements worth more than $ 48 billion, which will affect the lives of more than 2.25 billion people by 2030. For more information, visit
www.GlobalCitizen.org.

About the World Health Organization:

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It is an intergovernmental organization and operates in cooperation with its Member States, usually through the Ministries of Health. World Health Organization
responsible for leadership in global health issues, designing health research programs, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based options, providing country technical support, and monitoring and evaluating
health trends. Learn more at www.who.int.

About the United Nations Fund:

The UN Foundation brings together the ideas, people and resources that the United Nations needs to make global progress and address urgent problems. To support the work of the World Health Organization (WHO) in its global work on COVID-19, the UN Foundation
helped launch the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, which has raised more than $ 100 million in rescue work worldwide in less than two weeks. Learn more about the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund at www.covid19responsefund.org, Learn more about the UN Foundation at www.unfoundation.org.
Follow @unfoundation on Twitter and Instagram, and the @United Nations Foundation on Facebook.

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Editors note:

Resources donated to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund will be used in accordance with the WHO Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response and will support the work of multiple organizations. They include WHO to monitor the spread of the virus, equip it
healthcare professionals, making available laboratory and testing tools and providing the community and first responders with the latest guidance; enabling UNICEF to equip children and families globally with evidence-based guidance to protect them against COVID-19,
providing water, sanitation and hygiene and basic measures for the control and control of infections to vulnerable countries and the care of vulnerable families and children; and CEPI, the Epidemic Preparedness Coalition for Innovation, a key partner
leading in funding the research and development of new vaccines against COVID-19.