Ep. 18: The Security Council Goes Silent as the Secretary-General Speaks Up

**BONUS EPISODE** Will the world's war against the coronavirus stop
(at least temporarily) all other wars? Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres certainly hopes so. Still working in a mostly-empty UN
headquarters, Guterres has made a global call for cease fires of
all conflicts...with mixed results. And if Guterres gets sick
himself, who is in charge of the United Nations? PassBlue reporter
Laura Kirkpatrick investigated the line of succession for the top
position at the UN. No one knows how long the pandemic will last,
and it may be a problem for the 75th annual UN General Assembly
meetings in New York in September. Norwegian Mari Skare, the Chef
de Cabinet of GA President Tijani Muhammad Bande of Nigeria, shares
with us how she has moved the General Assembly to remote work and
what options are currently on the table for this year's UNGA.
Correction: The podcast mentions a press briefing by the United
Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the Economic and Social
Council President, Mona Juul and the President of the Security
Council, Zhang Jun, but previously omitted to mention that the
President of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande was part
of it and his office is the body that called the meeting. Links:
PassBlue's live coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic at the UN:
www.passblue.com/2020/03/15/the-u…s-rages-updates/ PassBlue's
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