Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has addressed the mostly virtual Paris Peace Forum in a pre-recorded message.
Heads of state and other global agencies are calling for a united response to the Covid-19 pandemic and joined in condemning recent terrorist attacks in Europe.
Ardern urged that people around the world have equal access to any Covid-19 vaccines, after recent progress with Pfizer jab this week.
"We must tackle the Covid-19 pandemic together with determination, good science and policy, develop and distribute a vaccine on an equitable basis," she said.
"We must commit to a sustainable economic recovery that protects the most vulnerable, creates decent jobs, rejects trade protectionism and maintains well-functioning supply chains and open markets."
There has been more than 52 million Covid-19 cases globally since the pandemic began, and almost 1.3 million people with the virus have died worldwide.
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