News Burma Politics War Against the Junta Myanmar’s Crisis & the World Conflicts In Numbers Junta Crony Ethnic Issues Asia World Business Business Roundup Economy Money Election 2020 Elections in History Election 2015

Opinion Editorial Commentary Guest Column Analysis Letters Cartoons Features In Person Interview Profile Dateline

Specials Myanmar Diary Women & Gender Places in History On This Day From the Archive Myanmar & COVID-19 Intelligence Myanmar-China Watch Culture Arts Heritage Books

Lifestyle Travel Food Fashion & Design Videos Photos Photo Essays Constitution Contact Careers Burmese Version Donate

World

UN Chief Seeks to Rally Aid for Poor Nations Amid Pandemic

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is shown during an online interview on Sept. 9, 2020. / United Nations / Kyodo

8.0k

By Kyodo News 4 December 2020

NEW YORK—The UN General Assembly held a special session Thursday, with Secretary General Antonio Guterres calling for international cooperation to fight the coronavirus pandemic and help poor countries financially and through other means.

“In a global crisis, we must meet the expectations of those we serve with unity, solidarity and coordinated multilateral global action,” Guterres said in his opening remarks for the session held in a virtual format.

Read more.

You may also like these stories:

Britain Approves Pfizer Vaccine for COVID-19

Biden to Nominate Longtime Aide Blinken as Secretary of State

Trump Authorizes Start of Transition to US President-Elect Biden

Topics: Antonio Guterres, assistance, coronavirus, COVID-19, General Assembly, poor countries, UN

Your Thoughts …

Loading

Loading

We do not encourage viewing this site in this width. Please increase the size of your window.