{"id":7795,"date":"2020-05-14T09:39:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T09:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dannydorling.org\/?p=7795"},"modified":"2021-09-01T20:56:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T20:56:49","slug":"uniting-behind-a-peoples-vaccine-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dannydorling.org\/?p=7795","title":{"rendered":"Uniting Behind A People\u2019s Vaccine Against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported in the Financial Times<\/a>; Le Monde<\/a>; News Week Espa\u00f1o<\/a> and many others, an open letter<\/a>: Uniting Behind A People\u2019s Vaccine Against COVID-19, May 14th 2020 signed by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Imran Khan, Cyril Ramaphosa and many others, organised by Oxfam:<\/p>\n

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Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are calling on Health Ministers at the World Health Assembly to rally behind a people\u2019s vaccine against this disease urgently. Governments and international partners must unite around a global guarantee which ensures that, when a safe and effective vaccine is developed, it is produced rapidly at scale and made available for all people, in all countries, free of charge. The same applies for all treatments, diagnostics, and other technologies for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

We recognize that many countries and international organizations are making progress towards this goal, cooperating multilaterally on research and development, funding and access, including the welcome $8 billion pledged on 4th May. Thanks to tireless public and private sector efforts and billions of dollars of publicly-financed research, many vaccine candidates are proceeding with unprecedented speed and several have begun clinical trials.<\/p>\n

Our world will only be safer once everyone can benefit from the science and access a vaccine \u2014 and that is a political challenge. <\/strong>The World Health Assembly must forge a global agreement that ensures rapid universal access to quality-assured vaccines and treatments with need prioritized above the ability to pay.<\/p>\n

It is time for Health Ministers to renew the commitments made at the founding of the World Health Organization, where all states agreed to deliver the \u201cthe highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now is not<\/em> the time to allow the interests of the wealthiest corporations and governments to be placed before the universal need to save lives, or to leave this massive and moral task to market forces. <\/strong>Access to vaccines and treatments as global public goods are in the interests of all humanity. We cannot afford for monopolies, crude competition and near-sighted nationalism to stand in the way.<\/p>\n

We must heed the warning that \u201cThose who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.\u201d We must learn the painful lessons from a history of unequal access in dealing with disease such as HIV and Ebola. But we must also remember the ground-breaking victories of health movements, including AIDS activists and advocates who fought for access to affordable medicines for all.<\/p>\n

Applying both<\/em> sets of lessons, we call for a global agreement on COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics and treatments \u2014 implemented under the leadership of the World Health Organization \u2014 that:<\/p>\n

1. Ensures mandatory worldwide sharing of all COVID-19 related knowledge, data and technologies with a pool of COVID-19 licenses freely available to all countries.<\/strong> Countries should be empowered and enabled to make full use of agreed safeguards and flexibilities in the WTO Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health to protect access to medicines for all.<\/p>\n

2. Establishes a global and equitable rapid manufacturing and distribution plan \u2014 that is fully-funded by rich nations \u2014 for the vaccine and all COVID-19 products and technologies that guarantees transparent \u2018at true cost-prices\u2019 and supplies according to need.<\/strong> Action must start urgently to massively build capacity worldwide to manufacture billions of vaccine doses and to recruit and train the millions of paid and protected health workers needed to deliver them.<\/p>\n

3. Guarantees COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, tests and treatments are provided free of charge to everyone, everywhere.<\/strong> Access needs to be prioritized first for front-line workers, the most vulnerable people, and for poor countries with the least capacity to save lives.<\/p>\n

In doing so, no one can be left behind. Transparent democratic governance must be set in place by the WHO, inclusive of independent expertise and civil society partners, which is essential to lock-in accountability for this agreement.<\/p>\n

In doing so, we also recognize the urgent need to reform and strengthen public health systems worldwide, removing all barriers so that rich and poor alike can access the health care, technologies and medicines they need, free at the point of need.<\/p>\n

Only a people\u2019s vaccine \u2014 with equality and solidarity at its core \u2014 can protect all of humanity and get our societies safely running again.<\/strong> A bold international agreement cannot wait.<\/p>\n

Signed:<\/p>\n

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Republic of Ghana<\/p>\n

Imran Khan<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan<\/p>\n

Cyril Ramaphosa<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the African Union<\/p>\n

Macky Sall <\/strong>\u2014 President of the Republic of Senegal<\/p>\n

Karen Koning Abuzayd<\/strong> \u2014 Commissioner of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Syria, Under Secretary-General as UNRWA Commissioner-General (2005\u20132010)<\/p>\n

Maria Elena Ag\u00fcero<\/strong> \u2014 Secretary General, World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid<\/p>\n

Esko Aho<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Finland (1991\u20131995)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Dr. Shamshad Akhtar<\/strong> \u2014 Former UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific<\/p>\n

Rashid Alimov<\/strong> \u2014 Secretary General, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2016\u20132019), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan (1992\u20131994)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Amat Alsoswa <\/strong>\u2014 Former Yemen\u2019s Minister for Human Rights, Former United Nations Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director\/ Arab States Bureau<\/p>\n

Philip Alston<\/strong> \u2014 John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law, New York University School of Law and Former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights<\/p>\n

Baroness Valerie Amos<\/strong> \u2014 United Nations Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (2010\u20132015)<\/p>\n

Rosalia Arteaga Serrano<\/strong> \u2014 President of Ecuador (1997)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Salvador (1999\u20132004)<\/p>\n

Shaukat Aziz<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Pakistan (2004\u20132007), former VP of the Citibank\u00b2<\/p>\n

Jan Peter Balkenende<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of The Netherlands (2002\u20132010)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Joyce Banda<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Republic of Malawi (2012\u20132014) and Champion for an AIDS- Free Generation\u00b9<\/p>\n

Nelson Barbosa<\/strong> \u2014 Professor, FGV and the University of Brasilia, and former Finance Minister of Brazil<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Portugal (2002\u20132004), President of the European Commission (2004\u20132014)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Carol Bellamy<\/strong> \u2014 Former Executive Director, UNICEF (1995\u20132005)<\/p>\n

Valdis Birkavs<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Latvia (1993\u20131994)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Irina Bokova<\/strong> \u2014 Director-General of UNESCO (2009\u20132017)<\/p>\n

Gordon Brown<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2007\u20132010)<\/p>\n

Winnie Byanyima<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Director of UNAIDS and UN Under-Secretary General<\/p>\n

Kathy Calvin <\/strong>\u2014 Former Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation<\/p>\n

Kim Campbell<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Canada (1993)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Fernando Henrique Cardoso<\/strong> \u2014 President of Brazil (1995\u20132003)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Gina Casar<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Director of AMEXCID, Associate Administrator of UNDP (2014\u20132015)<\/p>\n

Hikmet Cetin<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey (1991\u20131994), former Speaker of the Parliament\u00b2<\/p>\n

Ha-Joon Chang<\/strong> \u2014 Director, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge<\/p>\n

Judy Cheng-Hopkins<\/strong> \u2014 Former Assistant Secretary-General, Peacebuilding Support, United Nations<\/p>\n

Laura Chinchilla<\/strong> \u2014 President of Costa Rica (2010\u20132014)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Joaquim Chissano<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Republic of Mozambique (1986\u20132005) and Champion for an AIDS- Free Generation\u00b9<\/p>\n

Helen Clark<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999\u20132008), UNDP Administrator (2009\u20132017)\u00b9\u00b2<\/p>\n

Emil Constantinescu<\/strong> \u2014 President of Romania (1996\u20132000)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Radhika Coomaraswamy <\/strong>\u2014 former UN Under Secretary General and The Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict<\/p>\n

Ertharin Cousin <\/strong>\u2014 Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (2012\u20132017)<\/p>\n

Paula A. Cox<\/strong> \u2014 Premier of Bermuda (2010\u20132012)<\/p>\n

Herman De Croo<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of State of Belgium; Honorary Speaker of the House\u00b2<\/p>\n

Olivier De Schutter<\/strong> \u2014 Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights<\/p>\n

Danny Dorling<\/strong> \u2014 Professor of Human Geography at Oxford University<\/p>\n

Ruth Dreifuss<\/strong> \u2014 President of Switzerland (1999) and Federal Councillor (1993\u20132002)<\/p>\n

Diane Elson<\/strong> \u2014 Emeritus Professor University of Essex, Member of UN Committee for Development Policy<\/p>\n

Maria Fernanda Espinosa<\/strong> \u2014 President of the United Nations General Assembly (2018\u20132019), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador (2007\u20132009, 2017\u20132018) and Member of the Political Advisory Panel of UHC2030<\/p>\n

Moussa Faki<\/strong> \u2014 Chairperson of the African Union Commission<\/p>\n

Christiana Figueres<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Secretary of UNFCCC (2010\u20132016)<\/p>\n

Vigd\u00eds Finnbogad\u00f3ttir <\/strong>\u2014 President of Iceland (1980\u20131996)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Louise Fr\u00e9chette<\/strong> \u2014 UN Deputy Secretary-General (1998\u20132006)<\/p>\n

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr<\/strong> \u2014 Director of the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs and Professor of International Affairs at The New School<\/p>\n

Patrick Gaspard<\/strong> \u2014 Former United States Ambassador to South Africa, President of the Open Society Foundations<\/p>\n

Jayati Ghosh<\/strong> \u2014 Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University<\/p>\n

Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Government of Spain (1982\u20131996)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Rebeca Grynspan<\/strong> \u2014 Vice President of Costa Rica (1994\u20131998), Ibero-American Secretary General<\/p>\n

Alfred Gusenbauer<\/strong> \u2014 Chancellor of Austria (2007\u20132008)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Han Seung-Soo<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (2008\u20132009)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Noeleen Heyzer<\/strong> \u2014 Member of the UN Secretary-General\u2019s High Level Advisory Board on Medication\u00b2<\/p>\n

Mladen Ivanic<\/strong> \u2014 President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014\u20132018)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Devaki Jain<\/strong> \u2014 Feminist economist, Honorary Fellow at St Anne\u2019s College, Oxford and member of the erstwhile South Commission (1987\u201390)<\/p>\n

Arjun Jayadev<\/strong> \u2014 Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University<\/p>\n

Rob Johnson<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking<\/p>\n

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Republic of Liberia (2006\u20132018)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Mehdi Jomaa<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Tunisia (2014\u20132015)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Anthony T. Jones<\/strong> \u2014 Vice-President and Executive Director of Gorbachev Foundation of North America (GFNA)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Ivo Josipovic<\/strong> \u2014 President of Croatia (2010\u20132015)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Naila Kabeer<\/strong> \u2014 Professor of Gender and International Development at the London School of Economics<\/p>\n

Michel Kazatchkine<\/strong> \u2014 Special Advisor to the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Senior Fellow, Global Health Center, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva<\/p>\n

Rima Khalaf<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Global Organization against Racial Discrimination and Segregation, and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (2010\u20132017)<\/p>\n

Horst K\u00f6hler<\/strong> \u2014 President of Germany (2004\u20132010)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Jadranka Kosor<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Croatia (2009\u20132011)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Bernard Kouchner <\/strong>\u2014 Minister of Health of France (1992\u20131993, 1997\u20131999, 2001\u20132002), Minister of Foreign affairs of France (2007\u20132010); founder of M\u00e9decins sans frontiers \/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and M\u00e9decins du Monde \/ Doctors of the World (MdM)<\/p>\n

Chandrika Kumaratunga<\/strong> \u2014 President of Sri Lanka (1994\u20132005)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Aleksander Kwa\u015bniewski<\/strong> \u2014 President of Poland (1995\u20132005)<\/em>\u00b9\u00b2<\/p>\n

Rachel Kyte CMG<\/strong> \u2014 Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University<\/p>\n

Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera<\/strong> \u2014 President of Uruguay (1990\u20131995)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Ricardo Lagos<\/strong> \u2014 President of Chile (2000\u20132006)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Zlatko Lagumdzija<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001\u20132002)\u00b9\u00b2<\/p>\n

Laura Liswood<\/strong> \u2014 Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders<\/p>\n

Nora Lustig<\/strong> \u2014 President Emerita of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University<\/p>\n

Jessie Rose Mabutas<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Board Member, African Capacity Building Foundation, Expert Member, Accreditation Panel of the UN Adaptation Fund, and Executive Board Member, Section on African Public Administration of the American Society for Public Administration<\/p>\n

Gra\u00e7a Machel<\/strong> \u2014 Founder, The Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust and Foundation for Community Development<\/p>\n

Susana Malcorra<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina (2015\u20132017)<\/p>\n

Isabel Saint Malo<\/strong> \u2014 Vice President of Panama (2014\u20132019)<\/p>\n

Purnima Mane<\/strong> \u2014 Global expert on gender, HIV and sexual and reproductive health issues, President of Pathfinder International (2012\u20132016)<\/p>\n

Mariana Mazzucato<\/strong> \u2014 Professor at University College London and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)<\/p>\n

Mary McAleese <\/strong>\u2014 President of Ireland (1997\u20132011)<\/p>\n

Rexhep Meidani<\/strong> \u2014 President of Albania (1997\u20132002)\u00b9\u00b2<\/p>\n

Carlos Mesa<\/strong> \u2014 President of Bolivia (2003\u20132005)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Branko Milanovic<\/strong> \u2014 Visiting Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center City University of New York<\/p>\n

A\u00efchatou Mindaoudou<\/strong> \u2014 United Nations\u2019 Special Representative for C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and Head of the United Nations Operation in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (2013\u20132017)<\/p>\n

Festus Mogae<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Republic of Botswana (1998\u20132008) and Champion for an AIDS- Free Generation\u00b9<\/p>\n

Mario Monti<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Italy (2011\u20132013)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Kgalema Motlanthe<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Republic of South Africa (2008\u20132009) and Champion for an AIDS- Free Generation<\/p>\n

Rovshan Muradov<\/strong> \u2014 Secretary General, Nizami Ganjavi International Center<\/p>\n

Cristina Narbona <\/strong>\u2014 First Vice President of the Spaniard Senate and former Minister of the Environment of Spain<\/p>\n

Bujar Nishani<\/strong> \u2014 President of Albania (2012\u20132017)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Dr. John Nkengasong<\/strong> \u2014 Director of African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention<\/p>\n

Olusegun Obasanjo<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999\u20132007) and Champion for an AIDS- Free Generation\u00b9<\/p>\n

Djoomart Otorbayev<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (2014\u20132015)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Roza Otunbayeva<\/strong> \u2014 President of Kyrgyzstan (2010\u20132011)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Ana Palacio<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain (2002\u20132004)<\/p>\n

Dr. David Pan<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Dean, Steve Scwarcman College, Tsinghua University China\u00b2<\/p>\n

Flavia Pansieri<\/strong> \u2014 Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (2013\u20132015)<\/p>\n

Elsa Papademetriou<\/strong> \u2014 former Vice President of the Hellenic Republic (2007\u20132009)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Andres Pastrana<\/strong> \u2014 President of Colombia (1998\u20132002)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Muhammad Ali Pate<\/strong> \u2014 Global Director, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice of the World Bank and Director of Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents<\/a><\/p>\n

Kate Pickett<\/strong> \u2014 Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York<\/p>\n

Thomas Piketty<\/strong> \u2014 Professor of Economics at the Paris School of Economics and a co-director of the World Inequality Database<\/p>\n

Rosen Plevneliev<\/strong> \u2014 President of Bulgaria (2012\u20132017)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Hifikepunye Pohamba <\/strong>\u2014 President of the Republic of Namibia (2005\u20132015) and Champion for an AIDS- Free Generation<\/p>\n

Karin Sham P\u00f2o<\/strong> \u2014 Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF (1987\u20132004)<\/p>\n

Achal Prabhala<\/strong> \u2014 Coordinator of the AccessIBSA project<\/p>\n

Dainius Puras<\/strong> \u2014 Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health<\/p>\n

Iveta Radicova<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Slovakia (2010\u20132012)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Manuel Ramos-Horta<\/strong> \u2014 President of Timor Leste (2007\u20132012)\u00b9<\/p>\n

J.V.R. Prasada Rao<\/strong> \u2014 Special Envoy to the Secretary General of the UN on AIDS (2012\u20132017) and Health Secretary of the Government of India (2002\u20132004)<\/p>\n

Geeta Rao Gupta<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Director of the 3D Program for Girls and Women and Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation<\/p>\n

Oscar Ribas<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Andorra (1982\u201384; 1990\u201394)\u00b9\u00b2<\/p>\n

Mary Robinson<\/strong> \u2014 President of Ireland (1990\u20131997), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chair of the Elders<\/p>\n

Dani Rodrik<\/strong> \u2014 President-Elect of the International Economic Association, Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University<\/p>\n

Petre Roman<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Romania (1989\u20131991)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Juan Manuel Santos<\/strong> \u2014 President of Colombia (2010\u20132018), 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Member of the Elders and Conservation International Arnhold Distinguished Fellow<\/p>\n

Kailash Satyarthi<\/strong> \u2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2014) and Child Rights Activist<\/p>\n

Ismail Serageldin<\/strong> \u2014 Co-Chair Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Senior VP of the World Bank (1992\u20132000)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Fatiha Serour<\/strong> \u2014 Africa Group for Justice & Accountability<\/p>\n

Michel Sidib\u00e9<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mali<\/p>\n

Mari Simonen<\/strong> \u2014 Former Assistant Secretary General of the UN and Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA<\/p>\n

Pierre Somse<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of Health and Population of Central Africa Republic<\/p>\n

Vera Songwe<\/strong> \u2014 Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa<\/p>\n

Michael Spence<\/strong> \u2014 Nobel Laureate for Economic Sciences (2001), William R. Berkley Professor in Economics & Business, NYU<\/p>\n

Joseph E. Stiglitz<\/strong> \u2014 a Nobel laureate in economics and University Professor at Columbia University<\/p>\n

Eka Tkeshelashvili<\/strong> \u2014 Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia (2010\u20132012)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Aminata Tour\u00e9<\/strong> \u2014 Prime Minister of Senegal (2013\u20132014)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Danilo T\u00fcrk<\/strong> \u2014 President of Slovenia (2007\u20132012)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Cassam Uteem<\/strong> \u2014 President of Mauritius (1992\u20132002)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Marianna V. Vardinoyannis<\/strong> \u2014 Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO\u00b2<\/p>\n

Ann Veneman<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Director of UNICEF (2005\u20132010)<\/p>\n

Chema Vera<\/strong> \u2014 Executive Director (Interim) of Oxfam International<\/p>\n

Melanne Verveer<\/strong> \u2014 United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women\u2019s Issues (2009\u20132013), Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security at Georgetown University<\/p>\n

Vaira Vike-Freiberga<\/strong> \u2014 President of Latvia (1999\u20132007), Co-Chair Nizami Ganjavi International Center<\/p>\n

Filip Vujanovic<\/strong> \u2014 President of Montenegro (2003\u20132018)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Margot Wallstr\u00f6m<\/strong> \u2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2014\u20132019)<\/p>\n

Richard Wilkinson<\/strong> \u2014 Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham Medical School<\/p>\n

Kateryna Yushchenko<\/strong> \u2014 First Lady of Ukraine (2005\u20132010)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Viktor Yushchenko<\/strong> \u2014 President of Ukraine (2005\u20132010)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Luis Rodr\u00edguez Zapatero<\/strong> \u2014 President of the Government of Spain (2004\u20132011)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Valdis Zatlers<\/strong> \u2014 President of Latvia (2007\u20132011)\u00b2<\/p>\n

Ernesto Zedillo<\/strong> \u2014 President of Mexico (1994\u20132000)\u00b9<\/p>\n

Gabriel Zucman<\/strong> \u2014 Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley<\/p>\n

\u00b9 Member of WLA Club de Madrid<\/em>
\n\u00b2 Member of Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Open

As reported by David Pilling and Andrew Jack in the Financial times on Thursday May 14th 2020<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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