Coronavirus pandemic exposes global inequalities, says UN chief
20 July 2020 |
11:05 am
UN chief Antonio Guterres has taken aim at rich countries for failing to help the developing world through the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic, he said, has revealed the "delusion that we live in a post-racist world."
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