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COVID-19: social and human sciences
Protect human health and dignity, respect universal values
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global phenomenon with dramatic consequences in many areas. UNESCO, and its Social and Human Sciences Programme in particular, has responded in various ways. A major challenge prevails beyond all our potential actions: to protect human health and dignity and to respect universal values in the current context. This involves among others: combating discriminatory discourse, hatred and stigmatization; identifying the most vulnerable social groups in order to conceptualize appropriate measures and share good practices; ensuring respect for ethical rules; and, studying and understanding the impact of the crisis on social relations (within families; between generations; between social and ethnic groups, etc.).
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UNESCO has called for COVID-19 vaccines to be considered a global public good
UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) have called for a change of course in current COVID-19 vaccination strategies, urging that vaccines be treated as a global public good to ensure they are made equitably available in all countries, and not only to those who bid the highest for these vaccines.
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