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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday that a critical shortage of vaccines has left some countries unable to start their COVID-19 inoculation campaigns. UNTV CH

The international community should work together “towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response” to build a more robust global health architecture that will protect future generations, world leaders said in a commentary published today in several newspapers around the world. WHO

United Nations representatives handed over three solar-powered oxygen plants to Somalia’s Galmudug State authorities and witnessed the start of COVAX vaccination campaign in Galmudug. UNSOM

A new report by UN-Habitat published on Tuesday demonstrated how cities can reduce the impact of future pandemics and become more equitable, healthy and environmentally friendly. UNTV CH

“The United Nations is the anchor of the multilateral system, and that multilateral system is vitally important to the United States,” the US top diplomat, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a virtual meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday. UNIFEED

"Continued vaccine inequity is self-defeating, as it could see variants of concern gain the upper hand and slow the global economic recovery," WHO’s chief Dr Tedros said at a joint press conference with the German development minister Dr Muller who called for “a global and united response” to the pandemic.WHO

Serbia has extended its national COVID-19 vaccination rollout to include refugees and asylum-seekers, providing over 300 people residing in reception centres with AstraZeneca jabs. UNHCR / RFE

“Bilateral deals, export bans, vaccine nationalism and vaccine diplomacy have caused distortions in the market, with gross inequities in supply and demand,” the WHO chief, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday and asked those “countries with doses of vaccines that have WHO Emergency Use Listing to donate as many doses as they can to help us meet that target.” WHO

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution urging States to ensure equitable, affordable, timely and universal access for all countries to vaccines in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. UNTV CH

The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use today by the UN health agency expert advisory board, SAGE, which allayed concerns over clotting events being associated by some countries, without definitive evidence, with coronavirus jabs. UNTV CH