Ban criticised the UN Security Council for wasting valuable months “in arguments over the details of the text”
Current Affairs : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cautioned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic not just compromises gains in battling worldwide destitution and building harmony however hazards compounding existing clashes and producing new ones.
The UN boss told a Security Council meeting on the test of supporting harmony during the pandemic that his March 23 require a quick truce in clashes the world over to handle the coronavirus drove various warring gatherings to make moves to de-raise and quit battling.
However, deplorably, in numerous occasions, the pandemic didn’t move the gatherings to suspend threats or consent to a lasting truce, Guterres said.
His ancestor as secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, told the chamber: It is genuinely surprising that because of this pandemic, the world has set billions of individuals under lock-down, shut global fringes, suspended exchange and relocation, and briefly shut down an entire assortment of enterprises however has not figured out how to suspend outfitted clashes.
Boycott condemned the UN Security Council for squandering significant months in contentions over the subtleties of the content and not embracing a goal until July 1 requesting a prompt end of threats in key clashes including Syria, Yemen, Libya, South Sudan and Congo to handle COVID-19.
Aditi Mehta 