mo4ch:>War of words over actual war? US BLOCKS UN resolution on global Covid-19 ceasefire over its support for WHO | Mo4ch News

A dispute between the US and China scuttled the proposed UN resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic, after Beijing insisted on support for the World Health Organization and Washington vetoed it.All 15 members of the UN Security Council agreed in principle with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s call for a global ceasefire, made on March 23, but have wrangled over the wording of the resolution ever since. China has insisted on including support for the WHO and the agency’s role in dealing with the pandemic, while the US demanded removal of all references to the WHO and inserting language about “transparency” on Covid-19, diplomats who requested anonymity told news agencies.Also on rt.com‘Can’t offer help with one hand & smother with the other’: Russia slams West & its allies after anti-sanction draft fails at UNGAFrance and Tunisia drafted what they “believe was compromise language” and sent the resolution to other members on Thursday, only for …