party. ten all men, bbc news. here to tell us more about the festival is one of the chief organisers of the event, michael sheldrake, who joins us now. thank you very much for being with us. we had in that report there that vaccine dose is, trees planted, the hungry, when this is over, what would you have love to achieve? out, what we are you have love to achieve? out, what we are saying you have love to achieve? out, what we are saying is - you have love to achieve? out, what we are saying is this - you have love to achieve? out, what we are saying is this 24 i what we are saying is this 2a hour event taking place on so many continents around the world, this is not a celebration, it is a global moment of unity and we are calling on the g20 and the world s wealthiest governments to step up, and what we would like to see is for them to commit to vaccine justice. it s not just commit to vaccine justice. it s notjust enough to redistribute vaccines, let s make sure countries have what
committing to vaccine justice, not just committing to vaccine justice, notjust enough to redistribute vaccines, let s make sure countries have what they need to produce vaccines themselves. we want to make sure that countries stack up and fulfil their promise to provide the vulnerable countries on the front lines of climate change with $100 billion annually. they have made this promise but have not yet fulfilled that. finally, 41 million people are on the brink of starvation and it would cost $6 billion to provide all of them with a meal for a year. $6 billion sounds like a lot, but i would remind you are the ways that the us is set to spend $750 billion on its defence next year. these are priorities we can afford to make, but it is just a question of will. make, but it is ust a question of will. ., make, but it is ust a question of will. . . of will. other than influencing world leaders of will. other than influencing world leaders such of will. other than influencing world lead
from about the festival, i spoke to one of the chief organisers. what we are seeing is this 24 hour event, taking place on seven continents around the world. this is not a celebration, it is a global moment of unity and we re calling on the g20 and the world s wealthiest government to step up and what we would like to see is them to commit to vaccine justice. it s notjust enough to redistribute vaccines, let s make sure countries have what they need to produce vaccines themselves. we want to make sure that countries step up and fulfil their promise to provide the vulnerable countries on the front lines of climate change with $100 billion annually. they made this promise and they haven t yet fulfilled it. and finally, 41 million people are on the brink of starvation and it would cost $6 billion to provide all of them with a meal for a year. $6 billion sounds like a lot but i remined your viewers
Global Student to host summit on vaccine justice
15 Hrs Ago Vaccine Justice through Fairness, Trust and Responsibility is the focus of The Global Student Forum s (GSF) Global Student Summit on July 12. - AP Photo
The Global Student Forum (GSF) will host the Global Student Summit: Vaccine Justice through Fairness, Trust and Responsibility on July 12.
The summit will be held virtually and participants will come from civil society, researchers, the public and student organisations and movements. The event will feature student leaders and cultural content of Trinidad and Tobago, said a media release.
The GSF said for a just distribution of covid19 vaccines, it supports countries that have lobbied for vaccines to be treated as a public good, free from patents. It said actions by rich nations in obtaining vaccines highlighted the political and economic inequalities that work against the global public good.
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