First UN Security Council meeting on Covid-19 on Thursday

The UN Security Council will hold its first meeting on the Covid-19 pandemic on Thursday after weeks of procrastination, particularly between its five permanent members, we learned from diplomatic sources on Monday.

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Last Thursday, exasperated by divisions between China and the United States, among other things, paralyzing the proceedings, nine out of ten non-permanent members formally demanded a Council session on Covid-19 with a statement by the UN Secretary General , Antonio Guterres.