UN chief urges business to help poor nations in 'hour of need'

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'Vaccination rates in high-income countries are – shamefully – seven times higher than in African countries,' United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the World Economic Forum

Speaking virtually to the World Economic Forum, Guterres said, “Across all three of these areas, we need the support, the ideas, the financing, and the voice of the global business community.”

He has long been pushing for more global action to address COVID-19 vaccine inequity and climate change and for reform of the global financial system.and reforms of the long-term debt architecture,” Guterres said.

 

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