COMMENT | The Covid-19 pandemic is though fundamentally a health crisis, and its effects are so extensive that the pandemic has resulted in more than half of the world population in confinement, put trade - international trade in particular - on hold and if not managed well, it could threaten global peace and security.
The UN, which came into existence on Oct 24, 1945, has a number of objectives and the primary is the maintenance of world peace and security, without which no friendly relations, no international cooperation and no harmonization of nations’ actions could be possible.
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