The coronavirus is also affecting the United Nations. This virus has engulfed the world very fast. All the meetings of the Security Council have been canceled this week. The family of this deadly virus is quite large.
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According to media reports, the United Nations Security Council has halted the remaining two meetings this week. With the cancellation of the meeting held on Tuesday, the Security Council was planning to discuss the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan on Thursday and a multi-pronged meeting. The Chinese mission said that despite the cancellation of the remaining session in the week, the work of the council is going on. This month's rotating presidency is overseeing the Chinese mission itself.
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Regarding the virus, the mission spokesperson said that, 'Council members have retained communication and consultation in the matter'. UN spokesperson Stephen Dujarric said that the case of positive COVID-19 has come up in New York between staff at the Organization's Secretariat. A Philippines diplomat was found infected last week. Dujarric said, the United Nations building will remain open and General Secretary Antonio Guterres was in his office. But he further stated that the number of people visiting the building in New York City has decreased and the figure has reached 900 per day, whereas earlier this number used to be in the thousands.
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