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Putin offers free Russian vaccine to all UN employees
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The virtual general debate of the UN General Assembly has begun
For the 75th time, the United Nations meets in New York for the annual general debate. The powerful of the world show up in solo national efforts, most notably US President Trump. Other speakers of the day were Bolsonaro, Erdogan and Putin.
In a UN speech, Vladimir Putin announced his country’s crown vaccine with an offer: Russia is ready to vaccinate all UN employees for free. The Chinese president also makes a powerful promise.
reRussian President Vladimir Putin has promoted his country’s first vaccine against the coronavirus at the United Nations. Russia is ready for all UN employees to be vaccinated with the vaccine for free, Putin said in a video speech shown at the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
Putin stressed that Russia was the first country in the world to register a vaccine. The Kremlin chief also proposed an online conference at the highest state level for countries interested in working together to develop a vaccine.
He described the corona pandemic as a great challenge for humanity. Experts have yet to assess the full scope of the consequences of the crisis and the “socioeconomic shock.” “But it is already clear that it will take a long, long time to rebuild the global economy,” Putin said.
At the beginning of his speech, Putin praised the United Nations, founded 75 years ago after World War II, as a guarantor of compliance with international law. He once again warned against questioning the results of World War II and the Soviet Union’s victory over Hitler’s fascism.
Kremlin chief warns against space weaponry
Putin also renewed his offer to the other four major nuclear powers to speak at a summit on the global tasks of the future. Such a summit with a personal meeting of the permanent members of the UN Security Council could be scheduled immediately after the end of the pandemic, he said.
Facing the United States, the head of the Kremlin warned against arming the space. He again proposed a binding agreement on the other leading space travel nations banning weapons in space. And Putin recalled that the last major disarmament agreement between Russia and the United States would expire soon. The New Start treaty to limit strategic nuclear weapons ends on February 5, 2021. Russia and the US are talking about an extension of the agreement. However, Moscow has little hope that this can be successful with Washington under President Donald Trump.
China’s climate promise
China’s head of state and party leader Xi Jinping has promised greater efforts in the fight against climate change. Your country wants to achieve climate neutrality “before 2060.” Carbon dioxide emissions should also peak “before 2030,” the president said in a prerecorded speech at the United Nations general debate in New York on Tuesday. So far, China has yet to set a climate neutrality target.
At its virtual summit just over a week ago, the European Union urged the largest producer of carbon dioxide to hit the target by 2050, or by 2060 at the latest. Until now, China had only promised in the Paris Climate Agreement that its emissions would peak “around 2030.” But China was long expected to meet the target early. The EU also urged China to strive to achieve this as early as 2025.
