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UN Security Council trying again to reach agreement on coronavirus resolution
Canada loses high-profile bid for United Nations Security Council seat It calls on all warring parties “to engage immediately in a durable humanitarian pause for at least 90 consecutive days” to enable the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid and medical evacuations.The draft resolution states that these measures do not apply to military operations against the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates.Guterres told a press conference last Thursday that his appeal for a global ceasefire has been endorsed by nearly 180 countries, more than 20 armed groups, religious leaders and millions of members of civil society.“The difficulty is to implement it,” he said.,The secretary-general said he and U.N.