The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, will be able to participate in the UN General Assembly despite not being vaccinated against covid-19, as confirmed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, after the announcement of the government of New York that decreed mandatory to present an immunization certificate to participate in public events.
“We, as a secretariat, cannot tell a head of state that if he is not vaccinated he will not be able to enter the UN”said Guterres, who also added that the vast majority of the participants in the 76th General Assembly already have the immunization scheme against the coronavirus.
Guterres’ statement was made after the New York government confirmed that All those attending the United Nations General Assembly that will be held next week must present a vaccination certificate to enter the debate room. In a letter dated September 9, the New York City Hall told Guterres that all members of the delegations must be immunized.
“All persons entering UN premises in order to enter the General Assembly will need to show a vaccination certificate.”, indicates the letter signed by the person in charge of the area of ​​Health of the city of New York.
Following the tradition of the General Assembly, Bolsonaro is scheduled to deliver the first speech of the assembly in New York next Tuesday and the second speaker will be US President Joe Biden, who has already been immunized. This week the president of Brazil reiterated that he did not receive the vaccine, whose effectiveness he repeatedly questioned in addition to taking a position against the mandatory vaccination. The South American giant remains the second country with the most deaths from covid-19 with more than 585 thousand people who lost their lives due to the disease.
According to the authorities, the discussion room is classified as a “convention center”, which indicates that all attendees must be vaccinated, although they did not issue specifications on which vaccines will be accepted, since some were not recognized by the World Organization of Health (WHO).
The mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, He assured that he will make Johnson and Johnson vaccines available to delegations. The mayor also thanked him in a letter to the President of the General Assembly, Abdulla shahid, support for the sanitary standard. According to the provisional list, 74 heads of state, 33 presidents of government and 2 deputy prime ministers, as well as 22 foreign ministers confirmed their attendance at this year’s Assembly.
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