The UN Security Council is moving to adopt the first draft resolution on the Coronavirus, directed by the UN Security Council
The Security Council has met so far once, to discuss the crisis of the Coronavirus, in a video session on April 9, at the initiative of Germany and Estonia.
The current draft resolution jointly proposed by Tunisia and France calls for “strengthening coordination between all countries” and “cessation of hostilities” and for a “humanitarian” truce in countries in conflict.
The draft resolution aims to support the efforts of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and a large number of United Nations agencies that are struggling to contain the devastating political, economic and social consequences of the virus, according to the bulletin website.
It is likely that the joint text will be subject to several amendments before it is put to a vote at an unresolved date. Next week to adopt the first draft resolution on the Covid-19 crisis after more than a month of divisions between the United States, China and Russia, amid calls for intensified international cooperation.