Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has been elected one of three co-chairs of the GAVI COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC), whose mission is to ensure the equitable and fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to the 92 participating emerging economies, including Indonesia. The minister said during an online press conference on Wednesday that the co-chairs were voted for virtually on Friday and that the results were announced early on Tuesday. “Thank God, Indonesia garnered [a plurality of the] votes with 41 percent,” Retno said, adding that Ethiopian Health Minister Lia Tadesse and Canadian International Development Minister Karina Gould had been appointed the other two co-chairs of the multilateral effort. She noted that all of the newly elected co-chairs were women.   Honoured to be elected as Co-Chair #COVAX AMC Engagement Group today in Geneva (12/01) p...