Omar Hilale is Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations and Chair of the General Assembly Committee on Information (2019-2021).

The Need for a Strengthened Multilateral Approach to Confront COVID-19 and Other Global Challenges

Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, addresses the High-level Video Conference on "The Role of Religious Leaders in Addressing the Multiple Challenges of COVID-19",12 May 2020. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
The Chair of the Committee on Information, M. Omar Hilale of Morocco, at the opening of the 41st session of the Committee on 29 April 2019. ©UN Photo/Loey Felipe

The tectonic waves of this pandemic aroused global reactions, while being sometimes uncoordinated, and jolted the multilateral system.