United Nations: India’s top officials, including the head of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, thanked India for gifting 200,000 doses of Covid-19 Vaccine to peacekeepers. Has expressed. He said that this donation will enable peacekeepers to continue their life-saving work safely. 2,00,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, gifted by India (UN) to UN peacekeepers, were sent from Mumbai on Saturday morning to Copenhagen, Denmark.
They will then be distributed for all peacekeeping operations of the United Nations. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations, and Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for operational assistance, on Friday commended India for providing vaccine supplements for UN peacekeepers. Lacroix said, “It is a major priority of the United Nations to apply the Covid-19 vaccine to all peacekeepers so that its personnel can continue their important work, continue to protect vulnerable communities.”
He said, “India has been an old and staunch supporter of peacekeeping and I want to thank the government and people of India, who have generously donated and safeguarded the Covid-19 vaccine for the protection of our peacekeepers.” Has been able to continue its life-saving work in a manner. “
Khare thanked India for the donation of 200,000 vaccines for UN peacekeeping operations. Significantly, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar had announced in February that India would give 200,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to UN peacekeepers.
