National church and civil society groups urge government to support WTO rule change for fair vaccine access for low-income countries - Photo:bigstock.com
An unusually wide range of national church, public health, aid and development, and other civil society groups representing millions of Australians today sent the attached open letter to Government Ministers. The letter urges them to support the proposal for a temporary waiver of patent monopolies on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that will be discussed at a key meeting of the World Trade Organisation on July 20.
Fr Peter O'Neill SSC who is the Columban Leader in Australia and is also the Peace, Ecology and Justice Co-ordinator for Australia.
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- Media Release: National church and civil society groups urge government to support WTO rule change for fair vaccine access for low-income countries
