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- The United Nations Security Council met for the first time to discuss COVID-19 pandemic on April 9, 2020.
- The virtual meeting, hosted by the current chair Dominican Republic, took place after nine of the council’s ten non-permanent members requested for a meeting to discuss the current crisis.
- China urged UNSC to reject any acts of stigmatization and politicization.
- This follows statements by US President Donald Trump, who had labeled the coronavirus the "Chinese virus" last month.
- The UN Security Council is responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
- However, its member states disagreed on whether the COVID-19 pandemic comes under the UNSC mandate or not.
- While Germany described the pandemic as an "international peace and security issue," several other nations such as China, Russia and South Africa stated that health matters were not part of the Security Council's brief.
- China, which was the chair of the UNSC in March 2020, had blocked all discussion on COVID-19 pandemic stating that it didn’t come under the mandate of the body.
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