Colombian president calls for fair distribution of vaccines

2 min readSep 21, 2021

Colombian President Iván Duque on Tuesday called for the fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

“Today, I call upon the international community to strengthen multilateralism in the area of health and to make progress in the fair distribution of vaccines, delegates,” Duque said during his address at the United Nations General Assembly, calling out what he called “shortcomings in multilateralism” in a coordinated response “during the most critical times.”

“The divides existing between nations with regard to the process of vaccination are unprecedented. While some nations are acquiring additional doses for six or seven times the size of their population and are also announcing third booster shots, others have not even been able to inject one single dose of hope in their population,” he said.
The equitable distribution of the Covid-19 “is our moral duty,” he said, adding that Colombia is making progress in the national vaccination plan “to cover as the minimum 70% of our citizens.”

Colombian president calls for fair distribution of vaccines

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