UN CHIEF HEAPS PRAISE ON INDIA FOR GIFTING 200,000 COVID-19 VACCINES TO PEACEKEEPERS

  • 18/02/2021

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is 'extremely grateful' for the gift of 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses announced by India for peacekeepers, the spokesperson for the UN chief has said.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while addressing the UN Security Council meeting on COVID-19 , announced a gift of 200,000 COVID-19 doses for the UN peacekeepers.

'Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 doses for them,' he said.According to the UN Peacekeeping, currently a total of 94,484 personnel are serving in 12 peacekeeping operations across the world led by the Department of Peace Operations.

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