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U.N. Adopts Pandemic Declaration 153 to 3 as the United States Votes No — and Africa Pushes for Its Own Vaccine Factories

Rwanda, which co-led the talks, called the vote “an important step towards building a more resilient global health architecture.” The United States, Israel and Argentina voted against after Washington blocked the consensus planned for September.

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The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, photographed on April 23, 2011. (File photo)Basil D Soufi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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