Ramaphosa warned that COVID-19 was a major challenge for multilateralism

President Cyril Ramaphosa has put forward the close coordination of African countries in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic as an example of multilateral best practice in dealing with the challenges facing the world today. He was speaking in an informal virtual United Nations Leaders Networking session to take stock of the global challenges that confront the multilateral system while setting out priorities for the future. Ramaphosa warned that COVID-19 was a major challenge for multilateralism and that the truest measure of success would be how the international collective rises to it.