Questão 36

Text 4 to answer questions 35 and 36.

1____The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly shaken up old

structures and accelerated 180-degree changes and

innovation. Diplomacy and multilateral systems are no

4 exception. The impossibility to meet face to face, given the

confinement, social-distancing, and other sanitary measures,

has demanded an overnight transformation of the diplomatic

7 business as we know it. Technological platforms have made

it possible for diplomats from all over the world to continue

discussions and advance the multilateral agenda across the

10 United Nations, and more broadly, the international

community. Representatives from larger and smaller

delegations have gathered in front of their screens, and

13 found themselves negotiating in a whole new environment,

one that is evolving at a very rapid pace. Sometimes

delegates do not have the possibility of consulting with their

16 capital-based experts as the negotiation period gets

shortened. Different time zones and the lack of systems that

may provide for simultaneous interpretation have also

19 hindered the participation of technical experts, academics,

the civil society, the private sector, and other representatives

that are based outside multilateral hubs. Nonetheless, it has

22 become clear that delegations from the developing world are

underrepresented in virtual gatherings. Not only are

governments focused on tackling the pandemic back home,

25 but non-effective access to technology and the lower

numbers of personnel have negatively impacted their

27 engagement in the digital realm.

_{Munoz, Maricela. “Diplomacy in times of COVID-19.” Diplo (blog). Jul. 16, 2020. Accessed Sep. 10, 2020. https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog, with adaptations.}

Regarding the vocabulary of the text, mark the following items as right (C) or wrong (E).

In line 19, the word “hindered” could be replaced with the expression set back without ...