New York| UN General Secretary – Anotonio Guterres has expressed his grief over the lack of the preparedness of the entire world for the COVID-19 pandemic and mentions that how non-state actors could perform a bioterrorist attack. He told the UN Security Council, “The weaknesses and lack of preparedness exposed by this pandemic provide a window onto how a bioterrorist attack might unfold – and may increase its risks,”. Talking about future possibilities, he added, “Non-state groups could gain access to virulent strains that could pose similar devastation to socieites around the globe.”
Guterres also said that some actors might take advantage of the current global crisis and promote further division resulting in the escalation of violence and potential “devastating miscalculations” in regions already ravaged by conflicts.
He was moved by the governments failing to handle the pandemic and said that it might further erode the trust of people in public institutions due to the mishandling of the response by the governments and lack of transparency from their side during such crisis situation.
He insisted the UN Security Council to demonstrate unity in order to form peace and have a combined fight against the pandemic.
As per the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, the number of people infected with the virus has exceeded 1.5 million with 95,000 deaths.
