He said in a statement to the Associated Press: “The first step now is to ensure governments live up to their pledge to act,” and “regard vision correction as essential health care, in addition to other priorities such as family planning and infant immunization”.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-adopts-first-resolution-on-vision-aims-to-help-1-billion/2021/07/23/5c4945e0-ec0f-11eb-a2ba-3be31d349258_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world | UN adopts first resolution on vision, aims to help 1 billion