When asked for an explanation of the US move, a State Department official said that China had 'repeatedly blocked compromises that would have allowed the Council to move forward.'
A UN Security Council meeting held in January 2020, before the global pandemic. GETTY IMAGES/AFP/File/SPENCER PLATT
“The United States cannot support the current draft,” the country’s delegation declared, without further detail, to the 14 other Security Council members, after nearly two months of difficult negotiation over the text. But other sources said Washington wanted the Council to return to an initial draft of the resolution which highlighted the need for “transparency” in global cooperation in tackling the pandemic.
The latest version of the text — obtained by AFP — called for a cessation of hostilities in conflict zones and a 90-day “humanitarian pause” to allow governments to better address the pandemic among those most suffering.
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