The multilateral effort fell short of its ambitious targets but still managed to save an estimated 2.7 million lives.
The global vaccine-sharing initiative known as the COVAX Facility will close at the end of the year, its four host organizations announced.
The multilateral effort to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to low-income and developing countries fell short of its ambitious targets but still managed to save an estimated 2.7 million lives, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
The France-based court was created to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, which took effect in 1953.
Environmentalists said they were disappointed the treaty talks did not address plastic production measures.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
