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Recommendation
Fifth Report - Global Health, Global Br…
Acknowledged
Another pandemic could wreak just as much havoc on the global economy and have just as devastating an effect on global health outcomes as war, famine or environmental disaster. The temptation for world leaders will be to ignore the risks of a future pandemic until it is too late. We …
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Another pandemic could wreak just as much havoc on the global economy and have just as devastating an effect on global health outcomes as war, famine or environmental disaster. The temptation for world leaders will be to ignore the risks of a future pandemic until it is too late. We recommend that the Government takes steps to ensure that every G7 and G20 meeting includes an agenda item on mitigating pandemic risks.
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Government response AI summary
The government states that G7 and G20 meeting agendas are at the discretion of the presidency. It highlights past and current efforts under UK and Italian presidencies to keep pandemic preparedness central and commits to continuing to work with presidencies to ensure health threats remain …
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Recommendation
Fifth Report - Global Health, Global Br…
Acknowledged
Without a full and transparent investigation into the origins of covid-19, we are at greater risk of a disastrous new outbreak. By impeding efforts to trace the origins of the virus, Beijing is endangering its own population along with the rest of the world. Even with a full investigation, the …
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Without a full and transparent investigation into the origins of covid-19, we are at greater risk of a disastrous new outbreak. By impeding efforts to trace the origins of the virus, Beijing is endangering its own population along with the rest of the world. Even with a full investigation, the limited access to data and to key sites in China in the early days of the pandemic makes any investigation more difficult—this must be addressed for any future outbreaks. The Government should work with other countries to increase the WHO’s powers to independently access countries where an outbreak has been reported, mirroring the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—including through reform of the International Health Regulations, if necessary. The Government should build a partnership of nations to investigate the virus’ origins and should make clear what measures it will take to support countries that are facing intimidation from Beijing over their backing for an independent investigation.
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Government response AI summary
The government agrees on the need for a transparent investigation, states it is working with partners to support the next phase, welcomes a new WHO advisory group, and suggests strengthening investigations 'will likely' involve a global framework and IHR amendments, 'may form part of' a …
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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office