India backs Antonio Guterres for 2nd term as UN chief, pushes for ramping up vaccine supply
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Jaishankar and Guterres discussed how to tackle the second and more virulent wave of Covid-19, the need to ensure vaccine access for all, climate change, security issues, peacekeeping operations, terrorism and also the situation in Afghanistan.
The first major meeting at the United Nations during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit in New York was his meeting with Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday. A warm & comprehensive meeting with UN Secretary General @antonioguterres.Discussed the Covid challenge,underlining the importance of finding urgent&effective global vaccine solutions.Critical to ramp up the vaccine supply chain to ensure greater production&fairer distribution pic.twitter.com/fDAwTyNCRt Jaishankar and Guterres discussed how to tackle the second and more virulent wave of Covid-19, the need to ensure vaccine access for all, climate change, security issues, peacekeeping operations, terrorism and also the situation in Afghanistan. Top on Jaishankar’s agenda was Covid-19 and the acute vaccine shortage that India is facing.
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