코로나19 대응 유엔 우호국그룹, 우리정부 주도로 출범…"강력한 글로벌 대응필요"<br /><br />A multilateral cooperation body on joint COVID-19 response initiated by South Korea launched late Tuesday with its first videoconference.<br />Seoul's foreign ministry said some 200 professionals, part of UN groups scattered across 30 different countries went online for the inaugural conference.<br />It was jointly chaired by South Korea, Canada, Denmark, Sierra Leone and Qatar for the frank sharing of information on global health security.<br />South Korea's Foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha said she hoped the group will serve as an active channel for boosting cross-border cooperation,... and added she thinks the worst has passed for South Korea.<br />Seoul plans to launch two other groups with other member nations of the WHO and UNESCO later in May.<br />