Morning Multilateralism

Monday, June 8 2020

• To enforce the Libyan arms embargo, the UN Security Council extends permission for high-seas searches; plus, is Canada’s bid for a Security Council seat a “vain obsession”?

• According to reports, Mexico has finalized a billion dollar loan from the World Bank.

• New guidance from the World Health Organization on the use of masks.

• The international vaccine consortium, Gavi, announces a new financing mechanism.

• Is the G-7 planning a statement on Hong Kong?

• A look at the shifting lineup of possible new World Trade Organization leaders; plus, the number two at the organization sounds optimistic about the impact of the pandemic on trade.

• The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court warns about a deteriorating situation in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (site of one of the ICC’s first investigations).

• Vietnam ratifies trade deal with the European Union; plus, the United Kingdom becomes a “dialogue partner” with ASEAN.

• Happy World Oceans Day from the International Maritime Organization.

• With oil prices at record lows, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency see an opportunity to redirect government subsidies.