UNITED NATIONS (AN) — The United States blocked a U.N. Security Council vote on Friday calling for an end to global hostilities amid a pandemic — the same day diplomats emphasized lessons from World War II's end in Europe 75 years earlier.
The Trump administration's antipathy towards China and the World Health Organization halted six weeks of efforts by members of the 15-nation council to enact a resolution in support of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres's call for a global cease-fire during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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