The COVAX, which was established in 2020 at the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO), is unable to fulfill its responsibilities as a body responsible for the fair and equal distribution of vaccines among countries around the world. Although it has promised to provide a fair vaccine to 189 UN member states, current developments around the world suggest that this commitment has not been properly met. The statement came from MP, chairman of the Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation Sattar Mohbaliyev.

 

First of all, the MP said that timely, prompt and preventive measures taken by the Azerbaijani government prevented the spread of COVID-19 pandemic: “From the first day of the coronavirus pandemic in the world under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, The necessary preventive measures taken in a timely manner to prevent this have once again set an example of the Azerbaijani model in this area. The timely establishment of a special quarantine regime in the country, as well as preventive measures prevented tragic consequences in our country, countries with advanced health care in the world before the pandemic were in a difficult situation, lack of medical equipment, hospital space, numerous deaths among patients. . By the order of President Ilham Aliyev, many modular hospitals have been built in our country to combat the coronavirus, and their commissioning has significantly helped to increase the number of hospital beds in the country as a whole. It is no coincidence that the world's leading countries and the World Health Organization have praised Azerbaijan's fight against the pandemic. At the same time, Azerbaijan did not spare its assistance to other countries in the fight against the pandemic. As part of the fight against the pandemic, various international events were held at the initiative of Azerbaijan. In December last year, at the initiative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a special session of the UN General Assembly at the level of heads of state and government on combating the pandemic was held. The organization of the session once again confirmed that Azerbaijan is one of the leading countries in the fight against coronavirus, not only in the region but also in the world. So far, Azerbaijan has provided humanitarian assistance to more than 30 countries in the fight against coronavirus and donated $ 10 million to the World Health Organization. Our country was also one of the first countries to join and support the COVAX international initiative for the fair distribution and accessibility of vaccines. But in return for all this global activity, we are still subject to double standards. Of course, this is extremely undesirable and unfortunate. "

 

Continuing his opinion, Sattar Mohbaliyev stressed that what is happening in the world regarding the distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 is expected. According to the MP, President Ilham Aliyev's speeches contained timely warnings: “President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his interview to Azerbaijan Television after the opening ceremony of the newly built building of the Absheron District Central Hospital on February 1 touched upon this issue. He said that the ongoing processes in the world are a matter of serious concern. At that time, we saw that the United Kingdom was taking concrete steps to create a vaccine deficit in the world. The Canadian government also supported its ally's efforts by ordering four times more vaccines than was required. In the current situation, the issue of providing these vaccines to the population of the world's poorest countries was a big question. Based on this aspect of the problem, the President also called on world leaders to adhere to the principles of justice in the distribution of vaccines. The processes we observe in the world today once again confirm how right the President of Azerbaijan is in this matter.

 

He also noted that it was unfortunate that COVAX did not fulfill its obligations to Azerbaijan: “Unfortunately, many international institutions are still unable to abandon the policy of double standards in their activities.