The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has failed the COVID-19 test, unable to promote or facilitate multilateral cooperation in dealing with the outbreak. This is worrying given its relevance as a principal organ of the United Nations (UN) that could enable or constrain international cooperation and given the need for such cooperation in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The failure of the UNSC to respond adequately to the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the historical limits of the UNSC as a forum for international cooperation. It also suggests that highlighting and debating UNSC reforms are not sufficient or even productive ways to move forward, especially in the context of the challenges that pandemics and climate change represent for global cooperation. It is far from clear if the UN system can change the global structures on which it was built. What does seem clear is that the UNSC is not where one will find the seeds of change for reimagining global order.

联合国安理会（UNSC）未能通过COVID-19测试，无法促进或促进应对疫情的多边合作。鉴于它是联合国的主要机构，可以使国际合作成为可能或受到限制，并且由于需要应对COVID-19大流行而需要进行这种合作，这令人担忧。联合国安理会未能对COVID-19大流行做出充分反应，突显了联合国安理会作为国际合作论坛的历史局限性。它还表明，突出和辩论联合国安理会的改革还不足以推动发展，甚至没有富有成果的方式，特别是在大流行和气候变化给全球合作带来的挑战的背景下。联合国系统是否可以改变其建立的全球结构，目前还不清楚。似乎很清楚的是，联合国安理会不是找到重新构想全球秩序的变革种子的地方。