Morning Multilateralism
Thursday, June 18 2020
In UN General Assembly voting, Ireland and Norway win Security Council seats while Canada loses out. Kenya fails to secure the needed two-thirds majority in contest with Djibouti. Voting will continue today.
U.S. trade representative excoriates the World Trade Organization for unfair practices and pledges to veto any director-general candidate with a “whiff of anti-Americanism.”
Writing in the New York Times, the president of the International Criminal Court defends the institution against U.S. accusations.
The European Court of Justice rules against a Hungarian law restricting foreign funding of civil-society organizations.
The World Bank publishes new report on how to make climate financing more effective; plus, a new Bank loan boosts Egypt’s universal healthcare system.
In an extended El Pais interview, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva applauds Spain’s guaranteed income program.
U.S. envoy to NATO claims that the alliance is now “looking to the East.”
The European Commission releases new strategy for vaccine development and purchasing.
In a virtual meeting between ASEAN ministers and Russian diplomats, Indonesia calls for a multilateralism that “prevents the mighty from taking all.”
The African Union and UNICEF team up to encourage child registration and birth certificates.
Seeing no evidence of benefit, the World Health Organization halts study into the effects of hydroxychloroquine on Covid-19.