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The UN can’t solve the crisis it was designed to handle

The UN can’t solve the crisis it was designed to handle

Last week, Volkan Bozkir, president of the United Nations General Assembly, declared its 75th annual session open. In front of him, the 1,800 seat amphitheater in the UN building in New York was all but empty: A few delegates dotted the room, distancing and wearing masks. “The Covid-19 pandemic is a crisis unlike any in our lifetime, and so this year’s General Assembly session will be unlike any other, too” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres just a day later, introducing a report on the UN’s response to Covid-19.