BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 4
Trend:
We are one of the countries which openly speaks about such an issue like vaccine nationalism and unfair distribution of vaccines on a global scale, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said while delivering speech at the opening ceremony of the VIII Global Baku Forum under the motto "The world after COVID-19”, Trend reports.
"That was our contribution to addressing the global issue. At the same time, we launched the initiative in United Nations Human Rights Council, with respect to equal and universal access to vaccine and fair distribution of vaccines. We are one of the countries which openly speaks about such an issue like vaccine nationalism and unfair distribution of vaccines on a global scale. Some countries already had the third vaccination plans and implement these plans. Some countries still have very low percentage of vaccinated people. Therefore, we need to address this issue in order to create equal opportunities. At the same time, I would like to say that based on our initiative the database for COVID treatment which has been established with our participation is used by World Health Organization, I mean in the countries of Non-Aligned Movement which also makes it easier to plan and to forecast the support. In the capacity, as a chair of non-aligned movement we provided financial and humanitarian support to more than 30 countries and we provided free of charge doses of vaccine to several countries," Azerbaijan's President said.