U.N. chief seeks to rally aid for poor nations amid pandemic

The U.N. General Assembly held a special session Thursday, with Secretary General Antonio Guterres calling for international cooperation to fight the coronavirus pandemic and help poor countries financially and through other means."In a global crisis, we must meet the expectations of those we serve with unity, solidarity and coordinated multilateral global action," Guterres said in his opening remarks for the session held in a virtual format.While welcoming recent progress toward vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the U.N. chief warned of excessive optimism, saying, "A vaccine cannot u…READ FULL ARTICLE