Editor’s Note: France24.com published the above titled article. The article reads in part as follows:
“Leading non-governmental organisations on Tuesday blasted the UN Security Council’s “shameful” inaction towards the Covid-19 crisis, especially over a call for truces in some conflict zones during the pandemic.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for ceasefires in fighting around the world two months ago.
But the Security Council – debilitated by a confrontation between China and the United States – has failed to agree on a resolution supporting the initiative in the conflicts which fall under its mandate, the NGOs said in a statement.