Abstract
Treaty is one of the sources of international Law. A treaty is an agreement creating binding obligations between subjects of International Law. It has other words that have similar meaning with it; such as convention, protocol, accord, arrangement, understanding, compromise, regulation, provision, pact, charter, statute, act, covenant and so on. The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2). Coronaviruses are minute in size and contain a single stranded RNA as a nucleic material, size ranging from 26 to 32kbs in length. Recently, these viruses have hit the world caused and disrupted many countries political, social and economic programmes without specific vaccine and cure. Having this vaccine should require a law that would regulate its production, establishment, transportation and application at both municipal and international levels. Municipal law is the domestic law of a state regulating the conduct of individuals and legal entities within it while international law is the rules and principles that govern states in their relations interse. Coronavirus pandemic since existence have spread across the globe and therefore, require international treaty to back the administration of the vaccines to people. This paper seeks to examine international law to see if there is any possible treaty that made provision for pandemic like the coronavirus vaccines. It also examines Article 13 of the United Nations Charter to seeing the basis for the UN General Assembly; to find possible vaccine for this pandemic before they make humanity go into extinction. We made possible recommendations for how an offender under the likely treaty can be punished by universal jurisdiction and under the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court. Also, how China and United States of America can bury their hatchet and pass a treaty law on COVID-19 Vaccines under the United Nations. Keywords : Search, International Treaty, Law, Coronavirus, Vaccines, Article 13 and UN Charter. DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/107-02 Publication date: March 31 st 2021
Highlights
At the end of 2019, Wuhan an emerging business hub of China experienced an outbreak of a novel coronavirus that killed more than eighteen hundred and infected over seventy thousand individuals within the first fifty day of the epidemic
“to facilitate pooled procurement and the equitable distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines across developing countries, Nigeria is among 12 countries in Africa that have indicated readiness of the 92 qualified countries for the facility and will by end of February 2021 receive its first shipment of Vaccines (Daily Sun Newspaper, 2021).This is notwithstanding the position of Kogi State Governor who claims that the COVID Vaccines is an agent of death meant to kill people.We believe Article 13 of the UN Charter is instructive and the time for blame game strategy should be over
This should be the basis under which the United Nations can arbitrate into the Vendetta between America and China, settle the differences between them and discharge their responsibility as the health officer of the world using World Health Organization (WHO) as their agent to have nipped this coronavirus pandemic at the bud
Summary
At the end of 2019, Wuhan an emerging business hub of China experienced an outbreak of a novel coronavirus that killed more than eighteen hundred and infected over seventy thousand individuals within the first fifty day of the epidemic. (b) Promoting international cooperation in economic, social, cultural, educational and health field and assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, language or religion and so on (emphasis ours) (Paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the United Nations Charter) This should be the basis under which the United Nations can arbitrate into the Vendetta between America and China, settle the differences between them and discharge their responsibility as the health officer of the world using World Health Organization (WHO) as their agent to have nipped this coronavirus pandemic at the bud. Functions and Powers The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related matters and may make recommendations with respect to any such matters to the General Assembly to the Members of the United Nations, and to the specialized agencies concerned It may make recommendations for the purpose of promoting respect for, and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all. We shall kneel down for America and China and can call on the people of the world to kneel down for United States of America and China if that is what they want for them to come together again to fight COVID-19 head on; for the overall interest of humanity
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