UN calls special General Assembly session on pandemic

The UN General Assembly moved Thursday to hold a special session focused on international coordination to the coronavirus pandemic from December 3-4 in New York. Discussed since June, the meeting is intended to bring together heads of state and government according to a resolution adopted by 150 of the 193 General Assembly members.  No country voted against the measure, while the US, Israel and Armenia abstained.  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hoped the session would be "an opportunity for member states to move forward together," his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Leaders will be able to submit five-minute pre-recorded statements to be broadcast in the General Assembly Hall.

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