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  1. “This current drive, if dealt with from a long-term perspective, will build the necessary know-how and experience to aid in future vaccine distribution, strengthening existing health-care and logistical systems. We learned through the global drive towards developing, testing and deploying the COVID-19 vaccine that silos can be broken and that global collaboration is a possibility. As I look at my experience in other aspects of my portfolio once deemed improbable, working towards addressing the challenges while building a better vaccine delivery system will remove COVID-19 as a source of fragility.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

  2. “Finally, the Council must advocate for gender responsiveness in vaccination. Women receive fewer doses in many fragile countries because of physical and social barriers, prolonging the pandemic’s security impacts. Women’s leadership in vaccination efforts, as well as gender accountability tools for implementing agencies, are proven ways to improve equity. While much of the heavy lifting on vaccination and resolution 2565 (2021) will be done by humanitarian and health actors, the Council has a clear stake in the results of their work and in supporting them at every turn. The fair and equitable distribution of vaccines is both a strategic investment and a moral obligation. It is also achievable.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

  3. “Secondly, all instances of improved humanitarian access enhance vaccination efforts, providing safety and mobility for health workers and patients alike. The Council’s support for those tools — from ceasefires to days of tranquillity to humanitarian notification systems, as appropriate in specific contexts — can make a difference in the rapid delivery and distribution of vaccines. Thirdly, the Council should encourage entities operating under its mandate to ensure coordination at the country level so that COVID-19 vaccination is part of the bundle of essential services provided by the United Nations and its partners. That is especially important in a period of food insecurity and high commodity prices. That coordination will also ensure that we are taking full advantage of opportunities provided by access to communities.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

  4. “The United Arab Emirates has been proud to support both multilateral and bilateral vaccination efforts, including vaccine and logistical contributions to the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility and large-scale global personal protective equipment distribution in over 135 countries. From that experience of working with humanitarian and health agencies, we would like to highlight four areas where the Council can support a faster implementation of resolution 2565 (2021). First, it is important that the Council continue to underscore the security benefits of vaccination. It is an important incentive for sustained contributions to global vaccination campaigns, especially through COVAX and its humanitarian buffer.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

  5. “The pandemic’s lasting security legacy will likely be the worsening of the root causes of those challenges globally, and a solution is necessary to avoid far-reaching ripple effects from the pandemic. Last month, during the United Arab Emirates presidency, we highlighted the status of vaccination in countries on the Council’s agenda. Progress in those countries against the global goal of 70 per cent ranged from a high of 49 per cent of the eligible population to a low of less than 1 per cent, with an alarming average below 10 per cent. We are therefore encouraged by the Council’s continued commitment to the implementation of resolution 2565 (2021). We have come too far to give up and, as we have heard, this year represents perhaps the best opportunity in two years to improve vaccination in countries on the Council’s agenda.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

  6. “It is a testament to the speed that we can globally work at, leveraging existing capabilities and, in our case, building new ones. However, the pandemic is far from over and new waves, coupled with new variants, are evidence that no one is safe until everyone is safe. Furthermore, the impact of COVID-19 on global security has a long tail that reaches beyond mobility restrictions and supply chain disruptions. It has inflicted social and economic stress — and, in some cases, devastation — on already fragile communities by undermining livelihoods and basic services like education and health. As we know, women and girls are still bearing the brunt of those effects.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source

  7. “The United Arab Emirates is honoured to partner with the United Kingdom and France in preparing today’s briefing, and I would like to thank you, Sir, for presiding. The United Kingdom’s leadership in the Council on vaccination in conflict and fragile settings remains deeply appreciated, not least on resolution 2565 (2021). I would also like to extend our gratitude to Mr. Ted Chaiban, Ms. Esperanza Martinez and Mr. Emmanuel Ojwang for their insights. This meeting is an important prompt to accelerate our collective commitment to global vaccination and to realize the promise and values of resolutions 2565 (2021) and 2532 (2020). As a policymaker in science and technology, I am heartened by the unprecedented speed of innovation around coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.”

    2022-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9014 (2022) · source