CHAIR OF THE COORDINATING BUREAU OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT - Communique of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement

The Coordinating Bureau of NAM emphasizes a key role played by the Movement in mobilizing and strengthening global efforts in addressing the multidimensional impacts of the pandemic and recalls with satisfaction the establishment of the NAM Contact Group in response to COVID-19 and its Summit-level Meeting held on 4 May 2020, the Database of medical and humanitarian needs of NAM Member States in r. [...] The Coordinating Bureau of NAM expresses its strong condemnation at the promulgation and application of unilateral coercive measures against Member States of the Movement, that are applied in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, further expresses its support, in accordance with international law, to the States affected by such measures, and urges the international. [...] The Coordinating Bureau of the NAM stresses the importance of affordable, timely, equitable and universal access by all countries to the vaccines against COVID-19 and appreciates the coordination efforts of the WHO in this process, while recognizing the importance, in this regard, and expressing its support for both the COVAX mechanism and the ACT-Accelerator and calling for their strengthening an. [...] The Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement stresses that the encouragement and development of international contacts and cooperation in the scientific and cultural fields serve the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, bearing in mind that everyone has the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress a. [...] The Coordinating Bureau of NAM encourages wider engagement of NAM Member States within the Task Force in response to COVID-19 to ensure equitable access by NAM Member States to vaccines and to update and integrate the Database on medical and humanitarian needs of NAM Member States in response to COVID-19 to the WHO vaccine distribution networks and programs.