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World Body working alongside IMF, World Bank against COVID-19: Antonio
May 28, 2020

The United Nations has called for multilateral efforts not only to fight COVID-19 outbreak but also to mitigate economic blow that developing countries face.

Speaking at a joint briefing in New York the Secretary General Antonio Guterres and President of General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said solidarity is the first line of defence” against the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to throw millions of people back into poverty.

Antonio Guterres told member countries that world body is working alongside the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the World Bank and other international financial institutions.