Ep. 19: The Security Council's "New Normal"

As the Dominican Republic assumes the Security Council presidency
in April, Special Envoy José Singer Weisinger is inheriting a body
fundamentally changed by the Covid-19 pandemic. He's presiding over
"informal" video teleconference meetings and a flexible schedule
from his country's capital, Santo Domingo, instead of from the
Security Council chambers in New York City. Still, Singer wants the
world to know one thing: "the Security Council is engaged and
completely transparent." Links: PassBlue's live coverage of the
Coronavirus pandemic at the UN:
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