Morning Multilateralism

Friday, June 12 2020

• Angered about the investigation of U.S. conduct in Afghanistan, the Trump administration takes new measures against the International Criminal Court and its personnel. The ICC’s president responds and the European Union foreign policy chief expresses “serious concern.”

• In brief to the Security Council, the UN Secretary General says missiles used to attack Saudi facilities in recent months were of “Iranian origin.”

• World Health Organization warns that community transmission of Covid-19 is underway in half of Africa’s countries; plus, US health official Anthony Fauci says “the world needs a WHO.”

• European Union ministers discuss what they’re looking for in a new World Trade Organization chief.

• A freshly appointed UN human rights rapporteur talks about his work.

• Rwanda receives a new infusion of cash from the International Monetary Fund.

• ASEAN’s annual summit will be virtual and will take place on June 26.

• The World Bank’s point person on Iraq talks about the country’s path forward.

• UNICEF and the International Labor Organization warn that the pandemic might boost child labor.