Saudi Arabia Pledges $150 Million at Global Vaccine Summit

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan attends the virtual summit. Saudi Foreign Ministry Twitter account
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan attends the virtual summit. Saudi Foreign Ministry Twitter account
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Saudi Arabia Pledges $150 Million at Global Vaccine Summit

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan attends the virtual summit. Saudi Foreign Ministry Twitter account
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan attends the virtual summit. Saudi Foreign Ministry Twitter account

Saudi Arabia pledged on Thursday $150 million to the GAVI vaccine alliance, a public-private global health partnership.

During an extraordinary virtual G20 summit on coronavirus that it chaired in March, Saudi Arabia announced that it would contribute $500 million to international efforts to fight the pandemic.

Of that amount, $150 million would be allocated to GAVI, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a vaccine summit hosted by the British government.

The summit, held virtually in London, aims to raise at least $7.4 billion for GAVI to immunize a further 300 million children in the world's poorest countries by 2025 against diseases such as malaria, polio, diphtheria and measles.

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reaffirms its support for the noble work GAVI carries out in protecting human lives,” Prince Faisal said on his Twitter account.

“I was honored to represent the Kingdom at today’s vaccine summit and to announce the allocation of US$150 million to support the great efforts of the alliance,” he added.



OIC Condemns Israeli Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

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OIC Condemns Israeli Storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) issued a strong condemnation of the recent storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by an extremist Israeli minister and settlers, denouncing it as a deliberate provocation and a violation of UN resolutions.

The OIC also condemned the escalating Israeli attacks on humanitarian, medical, and journalistic personnel in Gaza, citing the massacre at an UNRWA clinic in Jabalia camp, where 19 civilians, including nine children, were killed, and the execution of aid workers in Rafah, the Saudi Press Agency said on Thursday.
The OIC described Israel’s acts as war crimes demanding accountability under international law. It urged the UN Security Council to compel Israel to cease its violations of holy sites and its campaign of genocide, forced displacement, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians.