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At UN, Reflection on World War II, Current Challenge

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - The U.N. Security Council reflected Friday on the lessons
   learned from World War II on the 75^thanniversary of its end in Europe,
   as the world faces its biggest collective challengesincethen-- the
   coronavirus.

   "How we react to the new challenge before us --the COVID-19 pandemic
   --could be as significant as how the world rebuilt after fascism was
   vanquished," U.N. political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told a virtual
   meeting of more than 80 nations, including nearly 50 foreign ministers,
   organized by Estonia, which presides over the Security Council this
   month.

   The end of six brutal years of war, massive death and destruction in
   Europe marked a turning point. From the devastation, the European
   Union, the United Nations and NATO were born, along with a new world
   order.

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