NEW YORK: China and the United States both supported a draft United Nations Security Council resolution confronting the coronavirus pandemic on ...
NEW YORK: China and the United States both supported a draft United Nations Security Council resolution confronting the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and it was"shocking and regretful" that Washington changed its mind on Friday, a Chinese diplomat said.
Washington has halted funding for the WHO, a UN agency, after President Donald Trump accused it of being"China-centric" and promoting China's"disinformation" about the outbreak, assertions the WHO denies. "The United States had agreed to the compromise text and it's shocking and regretful that the US changed its position," said the Chinese diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, on Saturday, adding that China supported the draft.
Diplomats said that during negotiations both China and the United States had raised the prospect of a veto on the issue of whether WHO is mentioned or not. A resolution needs nine votes in favour and no vetoes by France, Russia, Britain, the United States or China to pass.
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