Manila Bulletin
Excluding the poor from COVID-19 vaccine access is ‘gross injustice’, Duterte tells UN
President Rodrigo Duterte, in a pre-recorded speech to the UN General Assembly's 31st Special Session, urged for universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, calling it a "gross injustice" to exclude poor nations from the path to recovery.
He emphasized that no country should be left behind due to poverty or strategic unimportance, as this would discredit the values of the United Nations.
Duterte stated that "no one is safe unless everyone is safe" and threw his support behind mechanisms like the COVAX Facility, which the Philippines has joined.
The Philippines also intends to assist other countries in managing the pandemic without preconditions.
The President echoed UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' call for a global ceasefire to allow nations to focus on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
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