High-level Meeting to Commemorate the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
26 October 2020
Mauritania
H.E. Mr. Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Statement Summary
ISMAEL OULD CHEIKH AHMED, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mauritania, said the United Nations was celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary as the world is facing a crisis — the COVID?19 pandemic — unprecedented around the world, which is having a huge impact on the global health system. The economic and health crisis created by the pandemic tests existing mechanisms to deal with it, demonstrating the urgent need for a multilateral system like the United Nations.
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