“Global action and solidarity are crucial. Individual country responses are not going to be enough,” Guterres said on Wednesday.
The secretary general said the Covid-19 crisis is unlike anything the UN has faced in its 75-year history and is pleading with the developed world to raise trillions of dollars to help poorer countries fight off the deadly viral scourge.
The UN is launching a $2 billion program to help the world’s poor fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
He also called for a ban on tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions, as well as the waiving of sanctions which might impede countries from getting much needed food and medical supplies.
Meanwhile, the IMF and the World Bank have called for governments to suspend debt payments owed by the world’s poorest nations to free up resources to fight the pandemic.
Source: rt.com
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