NORAD Conference 2021, panel: Vaccine nationalism and global distribution
NORAD Conference 2021, panel: Vaccine nationalism and global distribution
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) 26 January 2021
Mr Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General of Norad,
Dear colleagues and friends,
Good morning, and thank you for the invitation to address you today. And thank you for Norway’s support for WHO and global health, in the past year and over many years.
Norway has shown outstanding leadership in its commitment to multilateralism and in supporting unprecedented efforts to develop vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19, in partnership with Gavi and CEPI.
I would especially like to thank Prime Minister Solberg for her leadership in chairing the facilitation council of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, together with South Africa. And of course I would like to thank also my brother Dag-Inge for his leadership.
WHO Director-General s opening speech at the third ACT Accelerator Facilitation Council
WHO Director-General s opening speech at the third ACT Accelerator Facilitation Council
ACT Accelerator Hub
Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends,
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, and welcome to all council members, invitees, and observers to this third meeting of the ACT Facilitation Council.
My thanks to our co-hosts the European Commission, for their strong ongoing support.
And my thanks to our co-chairs, His Excellency Zweli Mkhize, Minister of Health of South Africa, and His Excellency Dag Ulstein, Minister of International Development of Norway.
You have called this meeting at a critical time.