This week alone, the G7, G20, International Monetary Fund and World Bank have all convened teleconferences in place of in-person gatherings
, International Monetary Fund and World Bank have all convened teleconferences in place of in-person gatherings.
As the Security Council moved its work online last month, Russia initially opposed — and therefore prevented — the group from taking official decisions. The eventual workaround is “a crazy system of sending signed letters by email to vote instead of raising our hands online,” Jürgenson said. POLITICO reached out to Russia's mission to the U.N. for comment.
After eight years on the Washington diplomatic circuit, Mirpuri says he can cope with pandemic interruptions, but worries for newcomer counterparts: “A new person can’t broaden their contacts.” “You have a very different group-dynamic on a video platform. There isn't the same pressure to compromise you would experience if you were in the same room. It's easier to hide behind your own screen,” Weiss said.
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