On March 23, 2021, within the framework of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council on the initiative of Azerbaijan as the chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement adopted a resolution called “Ensuring equal, accessible, timely and universal access to vaccines against COVID-19”.
As reported by Haqqin.az in the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the resolution draws attention to the negative impact of the unfair and unequal distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 among developed and developing countries to human rights and emphasizes that this is one of the main obstacles to Ways to complete liquidation of a pandemic, as well as to achieving the goals set on the UN Agenda in the field of sustainable development. The resolution emphasizes the importance of global solidarity and multilateral cooperation in overcoming the pandemic, in this connection the importance of the special session of the UN General Assembly under the Pandemic COVID-19, held on December 3-4, 2020, on the initiative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan as Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement.
“Resolution calls on UN member states and other relevant authorities (international organizations, representatives of the private sector, members of civil society, etc.) take appropriate measures to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccine against COVID-19 among all states. At the same time The resolution, which expresses support to international initiatives created to maintain the equitable distribution of vaccines, including the COVAX initiative, calls on all states to eliminate unnecessary obstacles to vaccine exports to other countries.
133 states made by co-authors of the resolution, which is a very high figure for resolutions adopted by the UN Human Rights Council. Co-authors are countries located in different regions of the world, with different economic indicators and belonging to different political groups. To achieve consensus under the resolution in Geneva, negotiations have long been held in the framework of the UN Human Rights Council.
We note that the above resolution was nominated in accordance with the position expressed by the head of state on February 1 in an interview with the State News Agency AzerTAUD, that the chairmanship of Azerbaijan in the Non-Aligned Movement will not disregard the unfair and unequal distribution of Vaccines against COVID worldwide And on the results obtained, we can say that as well as the previous initiatives of the head of state to combat a pandemic, this initiative for a short period of time received global support.