The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted four resolutions, with its 15 members voting by email for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic. Members voted Monday to keep troops in Sudan’s restive Darfur region until the end of May and maintain the U.N. political mission in Somalia until June 30. They extended the mandate of the U.N. panel of experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea until April 30, 2021, and stressed the importance of supporting the U.N.’s far-flung peacekeeping operations. The U.N.’s most powerful body has been meeting by video conference because of the coronavirus, which has hit New York City, where the U.N. has its headquarters, exceedingly hard. The last council meeting at U.N. headquarters was on March 12.-AP

Source: The Standard March 31, 2020 03:45 UTC