At UNSC, EAM warns against vaccine nationalism, announces 200,000 jabs for UN peacekeepers
India has so far sent COVID-19 vaccines to 25 nations and in coming days will be supplying vaccines to 49 more countries. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: Feb 18, 2021, 06:20 AM IST
India s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Wednesday announced 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for UN Peacekeeper while speaking at United Nations Security Council meeting on COVID crisis and vaccines.
He said, Under the initiative of Vaccine Maitri, which translates into Vaccine Friendship, India provides vaccines to the world. Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 doses for them as well.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says just 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations while 130 have not received a single dose.
UN chief urges global plan to reverse unfair vaccine access
By Staff | Feb 18, 2021
In this image made from UNTV video, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a U.N. Security Council high-level meeting on COVID-19 recovery focusing on vaccinations, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Dominc Raab, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get all people in every nation vaccinated as soon as possible.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the "wildly uneven and unfair" distribution of Covid-19 vaccines on Wednesday, saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get all people in every nation vaccinated as soon as possible. The UN chief told a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council that 130
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an urgent Global Vaccination Plan to bring together those with the power to ensure equitable vaccine distribution.