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    The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution acknowledging the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for global solidarity in fighting it. The resolution recognizes the severe disruption the pandemic has caused socially and economically. It stresses the need for respecting human rights and combating discrimination in the response. The resolution expresses support for frontline workers and calls for intensified international cooperation, including sharing information and best practices under WHO guidelines. It reaffirms the UN's commitment to helping vulnerable people and societies and supporting all governments through a coordinated global response led by the Secretary-General.

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    The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution acknowledging the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for global solidarity in fighting it. The resolution recognizes the severe disruption the pandemic has caused socially and economically. It stresses the need for respecting human rights and combating discrimination in the response. The resolution expresses support for frontline workers and calls for intensified international cooperation, including sharing information and best practices under WHO guidelines. It reaffirms the UN's commitment to helping vulnerable people and societies and supporting all governments through a coordinated global response led by the Secretary-General.

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    The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution acknowledging the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for global solidarity in fighting it. The resolution recognizes the severe disruption the pandemic has caused socially and economically. It stresses the need for respecting human rights and combating discrimination in the response. The resolution expresses support for frontline workers and calls for intensified international cooperation, including sharing information and best practices under WHO guidelines. It reaffirms the UN's commitment to helping vulnerable people and societies and supporting all governments through a coordinated global response led by the Secretary-General.

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    United Nations A/RES/74/270

    General Assembly Distr.: General


    3 April 2020

    Seventy-fourth session
    Agenda item 123
    Strengthening of the United Nations system

    Resolution adopted by the General Assembly


    on 2 April 2020
    [without reference to a Main Committee (A/74/L.52 and A/74/L.52/Add.1)]

    74/270. Global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    The General Assembly,


    Noting with great concern the threat to human health, safety and well-being
    caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which continues to
    spread globally,
    Recognizing the unprecedented effects of the pandemic, including the sev ere
    disruption to societies and economies, as well as to global travel and commerce, and
    the devastating impact on the livelihood of people,
    Recognizing also that the poorest and most vulnerable are the hardest hit by the
    pandemic and that the impact of the crisis will reverse hard-won development gains
    and hamper progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, 1
    Recognizing further the central role of the United Nations system in catalysing and
    coordinating the global response to control and contain the spread of COVID-19, and
    acknowledging in this regard the crucial role played by the World Health Organization ,
    Welcoming the call by the Secretary-General to tackle the health emergency and
    focus on the social impact and economic response measures and his emphasis on the
    need for a sustainable and inclusive recovery,
    Recognizing the efforts made by Governments as well as health-care workers and
    other essential workers around the world to deal with the pandemic through measures
    to protect the health, safety and well-being of their people,
    Acknowledging the need for all relevant stakeholders to work together at the
    national, regional and global levels to ensure that no one is left behind,

    __________________
    1
    See resolution 70/1.

    20-05146 (E) 070420


    *2005146*
    Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response based on
    unity, solidarity and renewed multilateral cooperation,
    1. Reaffirms its commitment to international cooperation and multilateralism
    and its strong support for the central role of the United Nations system in the global
    response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic;
    2. Emphasizes the need for full respect for human rights, and stresses that
    there is no place for any form of discrimination, racism and xenophobia in the response
    to the pandemic;
    3. Expresses its profound condolences to and solidarity with the families and
    societies whose people have lost their lives to the disease, those who are battling for
    their survival and those whose lives and livelihoods have been affected by the crisis;
    4. Expresses its gratitude and support to all frontline health-care workers,
    medical professionals, scientists and researchers, as well as other essential workers
    around the world who are working under difficult and challenging circumstances to
    deal with the pandemic;
    5. Calls for intensified international cooperation to contain, mitigate and
    defeat the pandemic, including by exchanging information, scientific knowledge and
    best practices and by applying the relevant guidelines recommended by the World
    Health Organization;
    6. Renews its commitment to help people and societies in special situations,
    especially the weakest and most vulnerable, and recognizes that many Governments
    have offered their assistance and support to others in a spirit of solidarity and mutual
    support;
    7. Reaffirms its full commitment to the decade of action and delivery for
    sustainable development, and in this regard underlines the need for the United Nations
    system to work as one to support all Governments;
    8. Expresses optimism that the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19
    pandemic can be mitigated and successfully reversed through leadership and sustained
    global cooperation and solidarity;
    9. Calls upon the United Nations system, under the leadership of the
    Secretary-General, to work with all relevant actors in order to mobilize a coordinated
    global response to the pandemic and its adverse social, economic and financial impact
    on all societies.

    2 April 2020

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