"On their knees". The UN told about the impact COVID-19 at humanity
Pandemic coronavirus has provided the fragility of the world and put mankind on his knees, said UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres.
Pandemic coronavirus has provided the fragility of the world and put mankind on his knees, said UN Secretary-General antónio Guterres.
the Secretary-General on the first day of the weekend via video link delivers a lecture in memory of the fighter against the apartheid regime in South Africa Nelson Mandela, who was born 18 July 1918.
according to his statement, the Pandemic has exposed the risks that humanity has ignored for a decade?. the story is about the weaknesses of the health system, gaps in social protection, structural inequality, the deterioration of the wealth of natural factors, the climate crisis.
Guterres has shown that whole regions have achieved before progress in eradicating poverty and reducing inequality, in a few months was thrown back for years.
"Health workers are at the forefront of the struggle, and only in South Africa, the number of infected among them more than 4,000 people. In part countries, inequalities in health is compounded by the fact that private hospitals as well as businesses and even individuals have taken the priceless equipment that you need urgently to everyone, " - said the Secretary General.
"We are faced with the deepest global recession since the Second world war and the most serious decline of parish funds since 1870 ", - noted He.
according to his statement, another 100 million people are plunged into extreme poverty." our eyes may arise a famine of historic proportions, " said Guterres.
"COVID-19 compared to the x-ray beam, detecting cracks in the fragile skeleton of the societies We have built. It highlights the widespread misconceptions and lies: the lie about the fact that free markets have the opportunity to provide health care for all