(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The 73rd World Health Assembly concluded with a resolution to respond to the New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreak
China News Agency, Brussels, May 19th, Geneva: The 73rd World Health Assembly, held in a video conference, closed on the 19th. The meeting adopted a resolution to respond to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, confirmed the key leadership role of WHO, and called on member countries to WHO provides sustainable funding.
Affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the duration of the current World Health Assembly was shortened to 18 to 19 days, and it was held for the first time in a video conference. Following the election of the President and Vice-Chairman of the General Assembly on the 18th, member states adopted a resolution to deal with the new coronary pneumonia epidemic on the eve of the closing of the Assembly on the 19th.
According to the draft resolution published on the official website of the WHO, the resolution confirms the key leadership role of WHO and the importance of strengthening multilateral cooperation in response to the new coronary pneumonia pandemic and its widespread negative impact; recognizing that the new crown vaccine needs to serve the global public health public welfare, Carry out large-scale immunization and vaccination work to end the new coronary pneumonia pandemic.
The resolution calls for considering the implementation of WHO's guidance and recommendations based on national conditions, promoting private sector and government funding for R & D and sharing relevant information with WHO, while providing sustainable funding to WHO to ensure that WHO fully meets public health needs So that no one is left behind.
The resolution calls for the search for the animal source of new coronavirus and the route of transmission to humans, including the possible role of intermediate hosts, in order to reduce the risk of similar incidents in the future; in consultation with Member States, the fair, independent and comprehensive assessment process should be gradually initiated as early as possible, review Summarize the experience and lessons of the international health field response to the epidemic under the coordination of WHO.
In his closing speech, the current WHO Director-General Tan Desai thanked the member countries for adopting this resolution, expressing that WHO is committed to transparency, accountability and continuous improvement. "We are more eager for accountability than anyone." Start the assessment process as early as possible.
He reiterated that on the 18th, the WHO Independent Oversight Advisory Committee issued the first report on the response to the outbreak (from the outbreak to April this year), and made a number of recommendations to the WHO Secretariat and Member States, "summarizing and "Organizational DNA", WHO will take these recommendations seriously, and hopes that they will be valued by member states. (Finish)