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Letter: UN’s Mixed Performance on Covid-19 Is Fault of U.S. and China

The UN has shown itself unable to deliver a co-ordinated global response to what the UN secretary-general has termed the biggest global crisis since 1945.

by David Whineray
published by
Financial Times
 on April 28, 2020

Source: Financial Times

Gideon Rachman’s excellent article (Opinion, April 28) identifies silver linings from Covid-19 at the UN on resolving conflicts. However, the UN’s wider, geopolitical performance is more mixed. The organisation has shown itself unable to deliver a co-ordinated global response to what the UN secretary-general has termed the biggest global crisis since 1945.

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