Secretary-General of the United Nations “Global recession is certain,” G20 expects strong response on March 20 at 7:16
The United Nations Secretary-General Guterres said the global recession is "almost certain" about the economic impact of the spread of the new coronavirus, and next week's G20 will be a video conference of the leaders of the 20 major countries. With that, he expressed his expectation to come up with a consistent response.
"We are facing an infectious disease crisis we have not experienced since the creation of the United Nations. A global recession is almost certain," said a press conference using videophones at the United Nations headquarters in New York. By the end of the year, economic losses are expected to be $ 3.4 trillion, "he said, indicating that the global economy would enter a recession.
"In countries where there is no capacity to contain the infection, the spread of the infection may be like a forest fire, which could result in millions of deaths. That is unacceptable." Stressed that it was important.
Next week, Secretary-General Guterres expressed his hope that next week's leaders of the G20 would welcome consultations on the response in a videoconference, and to launch a strong and consistent response, depending on the size of the crisis. Was.