Showering praise on the Indian government’s move to play a central function in generating Coronavirus vaccines readily available to various nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has termed India “a global leader” in the pandemic response efforts. The comments, produced by the UN Secretary-General, have been produced public by the Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti in a tweet on Saturday. The comments about India’s enhanced contribution towards generating Coronavirus vaccines accessible to various nations have been pointed out in a letter written by the UN Secretary-General Guterres to Tirumurti.
In view of the current selection taken by the Indian government to supply 2 lakh doses of Coronavirus vaccine for the UN Peacekeeping forces, Guterres in his letter wrote that he was personally grateful for the humanitarian gesture shown by the nation and thanked Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar profusely in his letter.
A tiny portion of the letter produced public by Tirumurti showed Guterres mentioning that India had established itself as a international leader in response to the pandemic by not only providing Coronavirus vaccines but also sending PPE kits, essential medicines, diagnostic kits, and life-saving ventilators.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Jaishankar in his address to the UN Security Council open debate had announced India’s selection to supply 2 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines for UN Peacekeeping forces. Putting the essence of the Bhagavad Gita prominently in his address, the diplomat turned Foreign Minister stated that India generally kept the welfare of other individuals in thoughts in all its actions. The action taken by India would bring all the personnel of the UN Peacekeeping forces beneath the ambit of vaccination. According to a PTI report, there are a total of 94,484 personnel presently working in various nations about the globe beneath the UN Peacekeeping forces banner.
India has traditionally been one of the handful of nations which contribute a big quantity of its defence personnel to the UN Peacekeeping missions and has also based its claim to get a permanent UN Security Council membership on the basis of its contribution to the UN Peacekeeping forces.