Ex-UN Secy-Gen urges vaccine equity By IANS | 3 Views Ex-UN Secy-Gen urges vaccine equity. Image Source: IANS News Beijing, July 5 : Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all nations to redouble their efforts in elevating cooperation and partnership in vaccinating the world against Covid-19. He made the remarks on Sunday while addressing the two-day 9th World Peace Forum, themed "International Security Cooperation in the Post-pandemic Era: Upholding and Practicing Multilateralism" at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, reports Xinhua news agency. More than 100 scholars from 12 countries, former senior officials from countries and international organisations and diplomats participated online and offline. "The Covid-19 pandemic continues to upend our economies, societies and ways of life. Climate change is steadily worsening," he said while speaking at the forum via video link.