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Mr, Raguttahalli

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  1. “India has been strongly advocating for the principle of equity in the World Health Organization and has also proposed, along with South Africa, a waiver on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights at the World Trade Organization for COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics and medicines. In conclusion, India stands ready to work with the global community to build adequately funded robust health systems, strengthen preparedness and ensure equitable access to vaccines.”

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

  2. “Terrorists have made attempts to exploit the financial and emotional distress caused by pandemic-related lockdowns to weaken the cohesiveness of societies. The increased use of digital platforms during the pandemic has, unfortunately, made people more vulnerable to radicalization and recruitment by terrorist groups. As the current data on COVID-19 cases demonstrate, we are still far from a post-pandemic world. That means that we must continue to work together to find innovative, affordable and safe solutions to counter the virus. To ensure continued supplies of vaccines, we need to ramp up our manufacturing capacities, both qualitatively and quantitatively, and keep the global supply chain for raw materials open and uninterrupted.”

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

  3. “More than 170 million doses of made-in-India vaccines have reached 96 countries and United Nations entities, including 41 million doses to 48 countries through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility and 14 million doses to 48 countries and United Nations peacekeepers as bilateral donations. We have also assisted several countries in building their capacities to administer the vaccines through customized training programmes. We also upgraded two peacekeeping hospitals in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Juba, in South Sudan, respectively, right at the onset of the pandemic. It is a matter of deep concern that, even while the Security Council has called for a humanitarian pause in hostilities, terrorists and other non-State actors have only taken advantage of the pandemic by increasing their nefarious activities.”

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

  4. “India is also ready to explore expanding its domestic vaccine production capacity for a dedicated supply to partner countries in the future as part of our vision for vaccines for tomorrow. Further, in order to convert vaccines into vaccinations, countries need robust capabilities in critical sectors, including information technology tools, such as our CoWIN application, cold chain expansion and training and capacity-building for health-care workers in vaccine administration. India would be happy to partner with other countries to assist in those important areas as well. Our scientific community, along with the support of a robust pharmaceutical industry, has been successful in developing and producing safe, effective and affordable vaccines, including the world’s first DNA-based vaccine.”

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

  5. “We need to ensure that any slackening of other vaccinations is reversed to ensure a sustainable health recovery from the pandemic. In line with our One Earth, One Health vision, India has been instrumental in saving innumerable lives by providing timely and necessary medicines and vaccines to many countries. India’s own vaccination efforts have strengthened the global fight against COVID-19. Following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, India played its due part by supplying made-in-India vaccines, essential life-saving medicines and medical equipment to the entire global South. India has supported more than 150 countries through the supply of essential medicines and medical accessories since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we continue to support countries in need.”

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

  6. “We need to find ways to ensure vaccine delivery in such areas affected by conflict and post-conflict situations, which are not adequately served by a health infrastructure. We also need to work on tackling vaccine hesitancy by evolving contextualized, curated and empathetic strategies to relay scientific and accurate information to the people. With the resurgence in COVID-19 cases and an increase in the number of variants of concern, it is of paramount importance that international collaboration on genomic surveillance be encouraged to track virus mutations and exchange information on a regular basis and in a timely manner. It is a matter of concern that the acceleration of vaccination drives against COVID-19 has seen a reduction in the vaccination of children against other diseases.”

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

  7. “The irony is that, while we made significant progress in developing newer vaccines against COVID-19, as well as in their production, the issues of vaccine equity, access, distribution and administration remain to be addressed. The lack of coordination in vaccine distribution, as well as a lack of sufficient capacity to administer vaccines, has adversely affected vaccination initiatives in countries facing armed conflict and post-conflict situations. It has impacted underdeveloped countries the hardest. We must scale up our efforts to expedite the delivery of safe and affordable COVID-19 vaccines to such population centres. The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the need to improve public health infrastructure for last- mile delivery, especially in regions where the health infrastructure is weak.”

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

  8. “Mr, Raguttahalli (India): Let me begin by thanking Mr. Ted Chaiban, Ms. Esperanza Martinez and Mr. Emmanuel Ojwang for their detailed briefings. I would also like to compliment the United Kingdom presidency on taking the initiative on this important theme. In the past two years, we have seen a global effort to overcome the challenges caused by the pandemic. Several countries have immunized large parts of their populations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and have moved on to the next round of booster dosage. However, much of the developing world is yet to be vaccinated. The vaccination levels of populations in countries facing conflict situations are even lower.”

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