
The UN Security Council is
likely to meet for the first time by "next week or before" to discuss
the coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 42,000 people globally, according
to Dominican Republic Ambassador Jose Singer, the current president of the
world body's top body. The Dominican Republic assumed the rotating presidency
of the powerful 15-nation council for the month of April, taking the baton from
China, a permanent and veto-welding member.
Even as confirmed
coronavirus cases across the world grew exponentially, the Security Council
under the presidency of China last month, did not hold any discussions on the
pandemic. "Yes, as we all know the COVID19 will be the main topic in the
world as we speak. (We are) working on it. It (the meeting) was requested by
five or six ambassadors, and we will make it happen...for sure next week or
before," Special Envoy from Dominican Republic to UN Ambassador Singer and
President of the Security Council for April told reporters during a virtual
press briefing on Wednesday. Singer was responding to questions from several
reporters, including from PTI, on whether the Security Council plans to hold a
special meeting this month on the COVID19 pandemic that has engulfed the entire
world.
Singer said it is his
"understanding" that a meeting of the Security Council on the
coronavirus situation "is being negotiated at the moment right now."
According to estimates by the Johns Hopkins University, confirmed coronavirus
cases across the world now stand at over 932,600 and over 42,000 deaths.
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