UNITED NATIONS — Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end unilateral sanctions without U.N. Security Council approval but still calling for an end to protectionist practices. Normally, assembly resolutions are adopted by majority votes or by consensus, but now if a single country objects a resolution is defeated. The original Russian draft resolution, which was co-sponsored by the Central African Republic, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, failed to win approval on April 2. Diplomats said the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, and Ukraine objected to it. The General Assembly adopted a resolution on COVID-19 on April 2 sponsored by Ghana, Indonesia, Liechtenstein, Norway, Singapore, and Switzerland.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 18, 2020 07:10 UTC