Equitable, efficient and timely access to any future vaccines developed to fight coronavirus was demanded by the 193 members of the UN General Assembly through a resolution approved by consensus.
The resolution, was drafted by Mexico and received US support, calls for strengthening the “scientific international cooperation necessary to combat COVID-19 and to bolster coordination,” including with the private sector.
The resolution calls on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to “to identify and recommend options, including approaches to rapidly scaling manufacturing and strengthening supply chains that promote and ensure fair, transparent, equitable, efficient and timely access to and distribution of preventive tools, laboratory testing, reagents and supporting materials, essential medical supplies, new diagnostics, drugs and future COVID-19 vaccines.”
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