A/RES/75/4 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 November 2020 Seventy-fifth session Agenda item 128 Strengthening of the United Nations system Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 November 2020 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/75/L.8)] 75/4. Special session of the General Assembly in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 74/270 of 2 April 2020, entitled “Global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)”, 74/274 of 20 April 2020, entitled “International cooperation to ensure global access to medicines, vaccines and medical equipment to face COVID-19”, 74/306 of 11 September 2020, entitled “Comprehensive and coordinated response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic”, and 74/307 of 11 September 2020, entitled “United response against global health threats: combating COVID-19”, Noting with concern the threat to human health, safety and well-being caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which has spread all around the globe, as well as the unprecedented and multifaceted effects of the pandemic, including the severe disruption to societies, economies, global trade and travel and the devastating impact on the livelihoods of people, Recognizing that the COVID-19 global pandemic requires a global response that is people-centred, gender-responsive, with full respect for human rights, multidimensional, coordinated, inclusive and innovative, based on unity, solidarity and multilateral cooperation, Reaffirming its commitment to international cooperation and multilateralism and noting the fundamental role of the United Nations system in the comprehensive global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the crucial role played by the World Health Organization, and the crucial efforts of Member States therein, Noting that a majority of States Members of the United Nations have concurred with the request, submitted on behalf of the States members of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, to convene a special session of the General Assembly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, at the level of Heads of State and Government, 20-14789 (E) 111120 *2014789*