Tag: President Duterte and 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 calls on countries to “make good on their commitment” to fight “worsening” climate change

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on countries to “make good on their commitment” to fight climate change, as he noted that developing countries such as the Philippines suffered the most. In his first address before the United Nations, the President noted that the “same urgency needed to fight COVID-19” was needed to address the “climate crisis,” which he said has “worsened” and   “has worsened existing inequalities and vulnerabilities from within and between […]

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