The Omnibus Resolution on Comprehensive and Coordinated Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic was overwhelmingly adopted by the 193-member General Assembly Friday, with 169 nations voting in favour of the resolution that recognised the COVID-19 pandemic as “one of the greatest global challenges in the history of the United Nations". India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu tweeted "India votes in favour of the #COVID-19 omnibus resolution in the General Assembly recognising the pandemic as one of the greatest global challenges that calls for a global response based on unity, solidarity and multilateral cooperation." General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said the omnibus resolution is a “powerful and ambitious text and it reflects the collective will of Member States to overcome this unprecedented challenge as nations, united. “Not only did they fail the world, but the World Health Organisation’s failures in the early days of the pandemic also contributed to needless suffering and the worsening of this pandemic. It added that Washington voted against the resolution as it “cannot allow the resolution to be hijacked by several themes that are not pertinent to the discussion."

Source: Mint September 12, 2020 04:41 UTC