Tag: Duterte speech before UN

President Duterte to UN: “Gross injustice” if countries not given access to COVID-19 vaccine due to “poverty or strategic unimportance”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Dec. 3, reiterated his call for “universal access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and technologies,” noting that it would be a “gross injustice that will haunt the world for a long time” if any country was excluded “by reason of poverty or strategic unimportance.” In his pre-recorded message aired during the 31st Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in Response to the Coronavirus […]

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President Duterte to address UN General Assembly special session on COVID-19

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will address a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Palace said on Thursday, Dec. 3. The Palace said the President is expected to deliver the Philippine statement on December 3, New York time. “Of particular concern for President Duterte are universal access to anti-COVID-19 technologies and products and the need for global efforts to ensure availability of safe and effective vaccines to […]

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In first UN address, President Duterte reiterates need for universal access to COVID-19 vaccine

Calls for reforms in UN, a  WHO that is “quick to coordinate, quicker to respond” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 23, reiterated the need for universal access to a vaccine against COVID-19 once it is developed, and called on reforms in the United Nations and other organizations as the world faces a “new normal.” In his first address to the United Nations, President Duterte noted that “once the world finds that […]

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