U.N. Secretary-General Calls For A Global Cease-Fire As The Coronavirus Pandemic Spread

To warring parties: Pull back from hostilities. Silence the guns; stop the artillery; end the airstrikes.
This is crucial to help create corridors for life-saving aid, open windows for diplomacy & bring hope to places among the most vulnerable to #COVID19 - @antonioguterres

— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) March 23, 2020

Voice Of America: UN Chief Calls for Global Ceasefire in Face of Pandemic

NEW YORK - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for a global cease-fire as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.

“It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives,” Guterres told journalists via a video press conference.

As of Monday, there were more than 350,000 confirmed cases worldwide of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. More than 15,000 people have died.

Guterres urged warring parties to silence their guns, end airstrikes, create humanitarian corridors and open windows for diplomacy.

“End the sickness of war and fight the disease that is ravaging our world,” Guterres said. “It starts by stopping the fighting everywhere. Now. That is what our human family needs, now more than ever.”

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Update #1: COVID-19: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’ (UN Nations)
Update #2: UN chief calls for immediate 'global ceasefire' to fight coronavirus, calls pandemic the 'common enemy' (Business Insider)

WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. The wars and conflicts will continue.

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