Nations debate call for ‘vaccination cease-fire’

The U.N. Security Council took up a proposed resolution calling for cease-fires in conflict zones that would allow deliveries of coronavirus vaccines.

By Arete News - February 17, 2021

U.N. helicopters in Juba, South Sudan (AN/Chetan Sharma)

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