{"id":14819,"date":"2020-05-28T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=14819"},"modified":"2020-05-28T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:06:29","slug":"un-chief-laments-lack-of-support-for-global-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/14819","title":{"rendered":"UN chief laments lack of support for global cease-fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed sorrow Wednesday for the lack of support for his call for a global cease-fire to fight the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a UN Security Council session on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, Guterres said a global cease-fire would help combat the pandemic, facilitate humanitarian aid to vulnerable people and open space for dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am encouraged by expressions of support. However, this support has not been translated into concrete action,&#8221; said the UN chief. &#8220;In some cases, the pandemic may even create incentives for warring parties to press their advantage, or to strike hard while international attention is focused elsewhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He made the call in March, three months after the first cases emerged outside mainland China, which is zero ground for the virus that has infected 5.6 million people worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said the pandemic, known as COVID-19, continues to spread, causing suffering and additional stress to health systems, economies and communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those that are already weakened by years of armed conflict are particularly vulnerable,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Mission in Libya documented at least 58 civilians killed and 190 injured between April 1 and May 18, Guterres said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where armed conflict continues, COVID-19 makes the protection of civilians more challenging than ever \u2013 and our support more important than ever,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed sorrow Wednesday for the lack of support for his call for a global cease-fire to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a UN Security Council session on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, Guterres said a global cease-fire would help combat the pandemic, facilitate humanitarian aid to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14820,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14819\/revisions\/14820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}