UNSC struggles to agree on whether it should take any action as it met for the first time to discuss the coronavirus pandemic
A healthcare worker wearing protective gear makes a bow during a test for the coronavirus disease outside a stadium in Bogor, West Java province, Indonesia, April 7, 2020.
"The pandemic also poses a significant threat to the maintenance of international peace and security - potentially leading to an increase in social unrest and violence that would greatly undermine our ability to fight the disease," Guterres told the council. Beijing has been reluctant for the council to get involved, arguing it was not within its mandate, while Washington has insisted that any council action refer to the origins of the virus, much to the annoyance of China. The new coronavirus, which causes the respiratory illness Covid-19, first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
US President Donald Trump, who labelled the coronavirus the "Chinese virus," last month said Beijing should have acted faster to warn the world. "The most effective way to contain this pandemic is through accurate, science-based data collection and analysis of the origins, characteristics, and spread of the virus," she said.
A resolution by the council could back Guterres' call for a ceasefire in conflicts around the world, push for access for the delivery of humanitarian aid to fight the coronavirus and urge a coordinated global approach to confronting the outbreak.
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