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While Rebellin was found to have violated road rules requiring him to give precedence to the truck, “such a violation had no causal effect” on the crash given the amount of time between Rebellin’s violations and the crash, the statement said, citing the judge’s arrest warrant.

Rights activists said they were dismayed the first agreement did not give precedence to justice or security reform, particularly given the widespread crackdown on protesters since last year.

Any move to give precedence to foreigners over the Chinese public in terms of access to imported vaccines could prove politically difficult for the Chinese government.

But for the first time it will require the General Assembly “to hold a debate on the situation” that sparks a veto in the Security Council within 10 working days, and to give precedence on the list of speakers to the permanent member who cast the veto.

Generally, states give precedence to older, pregnant or immunocompromised patients who are most likely to suffer severe disease and potentially die from infections, but these policies vary.