The United States And China Welcome The Proposal For An International Pandemic Response Agreement

COVID-19 illustration. (Wikimedia Commons / Alberto Giuliani)

JAKARTA - The head of the World Health Organization (WH) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus revealed that the United States and China reacted positively to the plan to form an international agreement initiated by the WHO and 23 countries, related to tackling a future pandemic.

International agreements related to this pandemic, are planned based on experience in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world since last year. This proposal was put forward by EU leader Charles Michel at the summit of the G20 countries in November 2020.

"When the discussion of the pandemic begins, all member countries will be represented. From the discussions we had, during the member country sessions, comments from member countries, including the United States and China were actually positive and we hope that future engagement will involve all countries," said Tedros. , launched Reuters.

The leaders of 23 countries and the WHO on Tuesday, 30 March said they supported the idea of making an international agreement, which would help the world deal with future health emergencies, such as the coronavirus pandemic that is now sweeping the world.

This plan has official support from WHO and leaders from 23 countries, namely Fiji, Portugal, Romania, England, Rwanda, Kenya, France, Germany, Greece, South Korea, Chile, Costa Rica, Albania, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands. , Tunisia, Senegal, Spain, Norway, Serbia, Indonesia, Ukraine

"There will be another pandemic and another major health emergency. No single government or multilateral agency can handle this threat alone," the leaders wrote in joint opinion articles in many newspapers.

“We believe that countries must work together towards a new international agreement for pandemic preparedness and response. We believe it is our responsibility, as leaders of countries and international institutions, to ensure that the world learns from the COVID-19 pandemic, "the leaders wrote.

The main objective of such an agreement is to strengthen the world's resilience to future pandemics through better alert systems, data sharing, research and production and distribution of vaccines, drugs, diagnostics and personal protective equipment, they said.

The agreement will also state that human, animal and planetary health are all connected and must lead to shared responsibility, transparency and global cooperation.