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UN chief to push G7 action on COVID-19, climate change
Xinhua
10 Jun 2021, 04:05 GMT+10
UNITED NATIONS, June 9 (Xinhua) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Britain on Thursday to attend the 2021 Group of Seven (G7) summit that is held in Cornwall, where he will participate in a number of working sessions, said his spokesman. His overriding message to the G7 will be that we need a quantum leap in our capacity to address the challenges that we face today, notably the COVID-19 pandemic and, of course, climate change, said Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman. On COVID-19, Guterres will push for a global vaccination plan that should lead to doubling vaccine production and the equitable distribution of the vaccine to ensure that everyone, everywhere has access, he told a daily press briefing.