Morning Multilateralism

Thursday, June 25 2020

• The International Monetary Fund offers grim new estimates of the pandemic’s economic impact.

• International prosecutor indicts Kosovo’s president for war crimes and crimes against humanity. After the announcement, planned negotiations with Serbia were put on hold.

• Air supply: The World Health Organization warns that emergency oxygen supplies are dwindling.

• Controversy at the World Bank over Brazilian official likely to take up Bank position.

• The UN Security Council will receive a briefing on the Afghan peace process today, and the discussion may touch on the International Criminal Court investigation in the country.

• Off target: Germany’s defense minister casts doubt on NATO’s two percent defense spending goal. Plus, the Trump administration suggests that U.S. troops might be shifted from Germany to Poland.

• The World Trade Organization delays a decision on whether the European Union can impose tariffs on the United States.

• A group of UN human rights experts blast the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court officials.

• As the organization’s virtual summit approaches, an analysis of Vietnam’s potential for ASEAN leadership.