UN chief: ‘Epochal’ crisis as world powers meet remotely

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is facing an “epochal” health crisis, the biggest economic calamity and job losses since the Great Depression, threats to human rights and worries of a new Cold War between the U.S. and China. AP

“There is only one winner of conflict during a pandemic: the virus itself,” he stressed.

“The world needs a global cease-fire to stop all `hot’ conflicts,” Guterres said. “At the same time, we must do everything to avoid a new Cold War.” This year, the platform is online, and there is a pressing new priority in the pandemic that has killed over 960,000 people worldwide. Both Bolsonaro and Trump have been at odds, at least at times, with governors and health experts over the pandemic and have emphasized the economic consequences of shutdowns.

 

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