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1. Attendees at video conference of vaccine delivery ceremony
2. Screen showing Christian Francis Saunders, assistant secretary-general for supply chain management of Department of Operational Support (DOS) under United Nations (UN)
3. Screen showing Geng Shuang (R), China's Deputy Permanent Representative to United Nations, Saunders
4. Various of Screen showing attendees, video conference in progress

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5. UN building, flags of UN member states
6. Logo of UN

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7. UN peacekeepers

Beijing, China - Sept 17, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Maoyu, vice chairman, China International Development Cooperation Agency:
"This is a concrete stop by China to implement President Xi Jinping's important pledge of making Chinese vaccines a global public good. The donation fully demonstrates China's support for multilateralism and the UN, as well as our concern for the health and safety of peacekeepers."
9. Various of screen showing Saunders speaking

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10. Various of Chinese vaccines at airport, staff unloading packages with forklift

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11. Medical worker preparing for vaccination
12. Various of people at vaccination site

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13. Various of Sinopharm vaccines on production line, staff sorting bottles of vaccines
14. Various of bottled vaccines on processing line
15. Various of staff packaging vaccines

China has donated a batch of COVID-19 vaccines to the United Nations (UN) peacekeepers.

A vaccine delivery ceremony was held via video link on Friday, attended by Vice Chairman of China International Development Cooperation Agency Zhang Maoyu, Assistant Secretary-General of the UN for Supply Chain Management Christian Francis Saunders, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang, and delegates from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.

Zhang said that the donated COVID-19 vaccines are intended to protect the UN peacekeepers' safety and health so that they can better fulfill the duties. Vaccine distribution will prioritize UN peacekeepers stationed in Africa.

"This is a concrete stop by China to implement President Xi Jinping's important pledge of making Chinese vaccines a global public good. The donation fully demonstrates China's support for multilateralism and the UN, as well as our concern for the health and safety of peacekeepers," said Zhang.

Sanders expressed gratitude for China's donation, saying that the vaccines will be distributed to the peacekeepers and partners on the front lines through the UN vaccine program.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, China has initiated the largest emergency humanitarian aid scheme since 1949. To increase the availability and affordability of COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries, China has provided vaccine assistance to 106 countries and four international organizations, exporting over 1.2 billion doses of vaccines to more than 60 countries, the most in the world.