Ramaphosa Calls For The Lifting Of Economic Sanctions Against Zimbabwe, Sudan and Cuba at UN General Assembly

CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Seventy-five years ago the United Nations was established to introduce a new world order to achieve peace in the world. It was the dawn of a new era of global cooperation, forged in the aftermath of one of the darkest periods in the history of humankind.

In 1945 the world was in crisis. It was counting the devastation wrought by war, devastation and plunder. Today, we are in the throes of another crisis – the coronavirus pandemic.

The pandemic has cost nearly a million lives. It has deepened human suffering and uprooted communities, destroyed livelihoods and plunged economies into turmoil.

But just as the founders of the UN once stood united for the greater good, so too do we stand together to confront this grave threat.

In this crisis, people across the world have extended the hand of solidarity to people in other nations.

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