In an impassioned address to the UN General Assembly, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the crisis an “acid test for the United Nations and for its member states”.
“This organisation was established to foster peace in our world. If you as member states of the United Nations will not or cannot stop this bloodshed, then we must ask, ‘What is the United Nations for?'” he said.
“Resolutions are not enough,” he added. “You must act and you must act now.”