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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the 31st UN special session on Corona. Photo: collected
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina highlighted the need for urgent care and increased global cooperation on all three priorities, including ensuring universal and equitable access to quality corona vaccines, transferring technology to developing countries in local production and providing them financial assistance to meet post-epidemic challenges.
The call was made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 31st special session of the UN General Assembly on Friday (December 4). The current president of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Azerbaijan, and the UN Secretary General convened a special session.
In a previously recorded speech, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for the transfer of technology to make the corona vaccine for everyone, ensure the vaccine for everyone, and increase global cooperation, including financial aid, saying that some priorities need urgent attention and more. cooperation.
Noting that Bangladesh has the capacity to produce the corona vaccine, the prime minister said that the Kavid-19 vaccine should be considered a ‘global product’ for everyone. The WHO Act and the Kovacs Initiative could play a key role. According to the TRIPS Agreement (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) of developed countries, developing countries must commit to transferring technology for vaccine production locally by exempting intellectual property rights. Bangladesh has the capacity and is ready to develop vaccines if given the opportunity.
Sheikh Hasina said there was a need to ensure the timely availability of quality vaccines for all on the basis of equity and affordability. The 2030 Agenda for Development recognizes the fundamental role of universal health coverage in achieving the SDGs driven by the principle of equality. Likewise, when it comes to getting vaccinated, it would be wrong to leave someone behind. It will help us defeat the epidemic, save lives, and accelerate economic recovery.
Urging increased global cooperation to address CWID-19, the Prime Minister said that the challenges facing developing countries, including financial assistance, in the context of CWID-19 should be given special recognition. National governments, as well as the United Nations, IFIs and civil society must fulfill their respective responsibilities and actively cooperate with each other in the fight against COVID-19.
Sheikh Hasina said that the whole world is still going through a difficult time dealing with this deadly virus and its effects. In this context, this session is of the utmost importance. The Cavid-19 epidemic has devastated healthcare systems and economies around the world.
The Prime Minister mentioned that if the epidemic could not be controlled in all parts of the world, Kavid-19 could never be controlled anywhere.
About 1.4 million people have died in the Corona epidemic worldwide so far, he said, adding that hundreds of people die every day. At the same time, the epidemic has impoverished many people and is pushing many more into poverty. In all countries, malnutrition, inequality and growing inequality are being abolished and the educational system is being disrupted. The livelihood of the people has been damaged.
Mentioning that Bangladesh has been severely affected by the Corona epidemic, Sheikh Hasina said: “Kavid-19 has seriously affected our economy, our lives and livelihoods, our migrant population and has undermined our hard-working development.”
The Prime Minister mentioned the announcement of an incentive package worth £ 14.4 billion to save people’s lives and livelihoods from the scourge of the Corona epidemic.
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