UN General Assembly decides to hold special session on COVID-19 in early December

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday decided to hold on December 3-4 a special session on galvanizing international cooperation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"The special session of United Nations General Assembly on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a historic moment, and a test, for multilateralism. It will be defined by our collective action on one of the most critical issues of our time," Volkan Bozkir, president of the 75th session of the UNGA, said in his remarks before the adoption of the Modalities Resolution for the 31st Special Session of the General Assembly on the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

The resolution was adopted by 150 of the 193 UNGA member states. No country voted against the move, but the United States, Israel and Armenia abstained.