Morning Multilateralism

Friday, June 5 2020

• The UN Security Council creates a new (mostly civilian) transition mission in Sudan, tasks Secretary General with devising structure. Plus, India lists priorities for its coming term on the Security Council.

• Was the pandemic the real reason that a planned summit between the European Union and China was canceled?

• Some thoughts on how to reform the World Health Organization.

• An analysis of whether the World Bank’s arm for poorer countries has struck the right balance between grants and loans.

• From Nigeria, a new nominee for director-general of the World Trade Organization; plus, an explanation of why the director-general matters.

• The African Union announces a new initiative to expand Covid-19 testing.

• NATO Secretary General addresses the foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

• China’s Global Times warns India not to encourage President Trump’s tinkering with the G-7 format.