May 20, under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan, a meeting of the ministers of the healthcare countries participating and observers of non-alignment countries took place in the video conference format.
welcoming participants, the General Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adkhan Goebreesus noted that Azerbaijan made an important contribution to the implementation of international initiatives, and wished success to the work of the international conference.
Video conference under the moderator of the Minister of Health Azerbaijan Teimur Musaev was organized on the eve of the 75th session of the World Health Assembly.
Teimur Musaev noted that at the beginning of 2020, when the world encountered the Covid-19 pandemia, Azerbaijan responsibly approached the chairman in motion. According to him, Azerbaijan acted with a number of initiatives to mobilize global efforts to combat pandemia: “On the proposal of President Ilham Aliyev in December 2020, at the level of heads of states and the government. Azerbaijan also provided the World Health Organization with voluntary financial assistance in the amount of $ 10 million, Half of which was direct help to the members of the non -alignment movement. In addition, humanitarian and financial assistance was provided to more than 30 countries, including members of the non -alignment movement, to support the fight against coronavirus. Azerbaijan transferred 150 thousand doses of vaccine to four countries. “
In their speeches, the ministers of healthcare of non-compliance and observative countries praised the open discontent of Azerbaijan “vaccination nationalism” and the fact that rich countries receive more vaccines than they need. They noted that the unequal and unjust distribution of vaccines between states deprived the movement of non -alignment of the opportunity to protect their population.