UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council on Thursday (Apr 9) to display unity as it met to discuss what he ...
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council on Thursday to display unity as it met to discuss what he called the"fight of a generation" - the global coronavirus pandemic.
"To prevail against the pandemic today, we will need to work together," he said."That means heightened solidarity.AdvertisementSecurity Council members gathered after weeks of disagreement - especially between the United States and China, where the coronavirus outbreak began in December. While Germany described the pandemic as an"international peace and security issue," several other countries, notably Russia, China and South Africa, said health matters were not part of the Security Council's brief.Non-permanent member Estonia, for its part, said holding the Security Council meeting was"better late than never," a jab at those seen as delaying the talks.
It also seeks an"immediate global ceasefire to allow for adequate humanitarian response" to the pandemic. That one has only had input from the five permanent members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - which diplomats from non-permanent countries told AFP has been"very frustrating."
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