WHO Director-General s opening remarks at 148th session of the Executive Board
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Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends,
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to you all, and happy New Year.
40 years ago, a new virus emerged and sparked a pandemic. Life-saving medicines were developed, but more than a decade passed before the world’s poor got access to them.
12 years ago, a new virus emerged and sparked a pandemic. Life saving vaccines were developed, but by the time the world’s poor got access, the pandemic was over.
One year ago, a new virus emerged and sparked a pandemic. Life-saving vaccines have been developed. What happens next is up to us.
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying s Regular Press Conference on January 18, 2021
2021/01/18
CCTV: The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement on January 15 that the U.S. withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty last year significantly upended the balance of interests of signatory states, and that Moscow s proposals to keep the treaty alive after the U.S. exit have been cold-shouldered by Washington s allies. Moscow is now launching domestic procedural moves to withdraw from the pact. Can you comment on this?
Hua Chunying: We read reports on this. As far as I know, the direct cause of Russia starting the procedural moves to exit the Open Skies Treaty is that the United States unilaterally withdrew from the treaty despite international opposition, which has severely undermined military-to-military mutual trust and transparency between relevant countries. Russia made efforts to save the treaty without getting any warm response from the United States and other signatories.
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