Nine United Nations Security Council's nations have requested an online meeting to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on all issues on the UNSC agenda, according to a report of the Russian news agency TASS, citing diplomatic sources
"Nine non-permanent members of the Security Council (Belgium, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Germany, Indonesia, Niger, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Estonia) have asked for such a meeting," the diplomat said. "The date of the meeting has not been set yet. It is expected to be held in a closed format, and UN Secretary General will participate in it," the diplomat noted.
Such a meeting has been postponed for a long time as the pandemic question is not on the Security Council's agenda. However, now the countries consider it reasonable to discuss the influence of the pandemic on the issues controlled by the Security Council. Particularly, those are the proposals made by UN Secretary General on easing of sanctions against certain countries, ceasefire, as well as humanitarian aid and the pandemic's impact on peace-support missions.
source: commonspace.eu with TASS news agency
