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Amid the crown crisis, the United States and China are working on a joint resolution at the UN Security Council. The Americans finally blocked the text. A diplomatic debacle threatens.
A proposal for a UN Security Council resolution on the coronavirus pandemic threatens to fail due to a dispute between the US world powers. USA And China. Washington has opposed the draft prepared by France and Tunisia, diplomats in New York said. The background to this is a mention requested by China from the World Health Organization in the text of the resolution, which the United States rejects.
Initially it was said that both parties had agreed on a compromise formula, according to which a direct reference to WHO should be avoided. However, the Americans were apparently not satisfied with the solution.
One week argument in the Security Council
The dispute between the United States and China has been dormant in the UN Security Council for almost seven weeks. President Donald Trump canceled WHO funds in early April. He accuses the organization of not preventing the spread of the new coronavirus, which first appeared in the People’s Republic.
He also accuses the UN agency of maintaining the bodies’ obedience to China. China, on the other hand, supports WHO and insists that its global call for action in the fight against Covid-19 should be included in the text of the resolution, as diplomats report. The United States insists that the term “transparency” should be mentioned when it comes to the pandemic, but the WHO should not mention it.
The most powerful UN body paralyzed
The United States and the People’s Republic have veto powers on the Security Council. The dispute now means that the most powerful UN body is facing the world’s worst crisis without doing anything.
The Security Council cannot endorse the call of the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, of March 23 for a global ceasefire in the biggest conflicts due to the pandemic due to the blockade, despite the fact that the 15 members Council members agree on this point. The call for a global ceasefire is considered the heart of the resolution.
