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Nearly 100 world leaders to speak at UN session on COVID-19

by Edith M. Lederer
| December 3, 2020 12:07 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly 100 world leaders and several dozen government ministers are scheduled to speak at the U.N. General Assembly’s special session that opens Thursday to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, which has claimed 1.5 million lives and shattered economies in both rich and poor countries.

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