UN Organizes International Conference Next January on Fair Distribution of Anti-Corona Vaccines

Abdullah Shahid, President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, said that an international conference is scheduled to be held on January 13, aimed at ensuring equitable access to the anti-Corona vaccines and their delivery to everyone, everywhere, and as soon as possible.

Shahid  noted that in the run-up to the event, member states  of the UN) General Assembly  would be able to sign their support for comprehensive vaccines for COVID-19, which the President of the General Assembly considered a "New Year's Resolution."

It is reported that the President of the United Nations General Assembly called for equality in vaccines, and urged governments to work together on this file with a renewed political commitment and meaningful participation to ensure universal vaccination.

Abdullah Shahid called for equality in vaccines, and urged governments to work together on this issue, explaining: "Unless we can vaccinate the world, there is no way out of this (situation), and you will see the emergence of different types of mutants, and (this situation) will continue."

"I want to see the renewed political commitment and meaningful participation to ensure universal vaccination," Shahid added.

He warned that the international community had missed the target set by the World Health Organization (WHO) to vaccinate 40 percent of the world's population by the end of the year and that there were fears of achieving the next goal, which is to vaccinate 70 percent by mid-2022.

"There is no equality in vaccines," he said. "

When you look at countries in Africa where the average maximum vaccination rate is 5 or 6 percent of the whole population.  We can't say with confidence that we are ever close to equality."