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Pledges to ensure vaccines access in poorer nations

International organizations and European governments pledged to broaden access to vaccines among poorer nations at the third annual Paris Peace Forum.

La Grande Halle de La Villette, home to the 2019 Paris Peace Forum
La Grande Halle de La Villette, home to the 2019 Paris Peace Forum (AN/Paris Peace Forum)

International organizations and European governments pledged to broaden access to vaccines among poorer nations on Thursday at the third annual Paris Peace Forum, a bullhorn for multilateralism made virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic this year.

The European Commission and France each promised an additional €100 million (US$118 million), while the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it would contribute another US$70 million and Spain vowed to add €50 million towards the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a global collaboration among 10 international organizations to raise US$35 billion more for coronavirus tests, medicines and vaccines worldwide.

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