Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | TIME100

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Whether you're a rich country or a poor country, there are some things you just cannot do on your own.

The issue of interconnectedness of the world is so evident now.

It was always there, but I think the pandemic has highlighted that we have problems of the global commons, which no one country, and no one person can solve alone.

It's both exciting and daunting at the same time to be here, because I take the reins of the WTO at a time of great uncertainty and challenge.

Vaccine inequity is the most important issue to tackle right now in this pandemic, because it determines how we are going to recover globally.

It determines how many lives we save.

The variants that are mutating, the numbers of people dying.

It is not acceptable, that when you have the technology to save lives, some people don't have access.

So from a moral, practical, and economic point of view, we cannot have a sustainable global recovery unless we vaccinate everyone.

WTO can help with supply chain issues.

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