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Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari

Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari is a Minister of State of Qatar with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Qatar National Library, and a former Qatari ambassador to the United Nations
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It’s time to reform the UN

Published On: May 17, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari

DOHA – The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many institutional weaknesses, but above all, it has shown that the United Nations is in urgent need of reform. In particular, the response of the World Health Organization – the UN’s global health agency – to the virus has revealed obvious shortcomings, which reflect a lack of international consensus and cooperation, as well as widespread protectionism on the part of its stakeholders.