Morning Multilateralism

Wednesday, May 13 2020

• Russia and China decline to participate in closed Security Council briefing on chemical weapons use in Syria.

• Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar join call for International Monetary Fund and World Bank to forgive debt.

• Taiwan hasn’t given up on participating in the World Health Assembly meetings beginning on May 18.

• The World Health Organization considers what impact coronavirus will have in Africa.

• U.S. trade representative and Japanese foreign minister parley on the need for “permanent” reforms to the World Trade Organization’s dispute resolution system.

• The European Union calls for a ceasefire in Libya, pledges to enforce arms embargo; plus, Libyan authorities urge the International Criminal Court to punish army commander Khalifa Haftar.

• “We will have a tourist season this summer,” the European Commission promises.

• NATO helps arrange transport of medical supplies from China to Poland.