The United Nations officially turned 75 years old, but this milestone comes as COVID-19 rages around the world, upending lives and deepening crises. 

As the world body marks its anniversary, we look at how the UN, founded in 1945, is holding up in today’s realities and how the pandemic is shaping its response to key challenges of global health, poverty, and conflict. 

CGTN’s Liling Tan reports.

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