United Nations — The ongoing battle between China and the United States is threatening to paralyze the most powerful body at the United Nations - the 15-member Security Council (UNSC)--which has virtually gone MIA (missing in action) on some of the key politically-sensitive issues of the day.
The Council has scrupulously avoided any resolutions on the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed the lives of over 500,000 people worldwide, while it has remained silent on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' call for a global cease-fire in war-ravaged countries, including Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
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