“When the pandemic broke out, I called for a global ceasefire.

Today, I call on the international community to make renewed efforts to make this call a reality by the end of this year.

We have exactly 100 days, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He noted that "during a pandemic, there is only one winner in the conflict: the virus itself."

Guterres also said that the COVID-19 coronavirus infection pandemic has exposed the fragility of the world.

He noted that over 75 years of its existence, the UN has coped with its main task - the prevention of a third world war.