Over 100 members of the Club of Madrid, the Global Leadership Foundation and the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC), and other prominent people from around the world have published a joint letter to the leaders of the member states of the WHO, calling for an urgent agreement on a pandemic accord.
I wonder why?
A pandemic accord would deliver vast and universally shared benefits, including greater capacity to detect new and dangerous pathogens, access to information about pathogens detected elsewhere in the world…
Joint letter to leaders of WHO member states calling for an urgent agreement on a pandemic accord:
To Leaders of WHO Member States,
The overwhelming lesson we learned from COVID-19 is that no one is safe anywhere until everyone is safe everywhere – and that can only happen through collaboration. In response, the 194 countries which are members of the World Health Organization decided in December 2021 to launch negotiations for a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, a Pandemic Accord, as a “global framework” to work together to prepare for and stem any new pandemic threat, including by achieving equitable access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
Negotiation of an effective pandemic accord is a much needed opportunity to safeguard the world we live in. Countries themselves have proposed this instrument, individual countries are negotiating it, and only countries will ultimately be responsible for its requirements and its success or failure.
Establishing a strong global pact on pandemics will protect future generations from a repeat of the millions of deaths and the social and economic devastation which resulted from a lack of collaboration during theCOVID-19 pandemic. All countries need what the accord can offer: the capacity to detect and share pathogens presenting a risk, and timely access to tests, treatments and vaccines.
An agreement is meant to be reached just two and a half months from now – countries imposed a deadline of May 2024, in time for the 77th World Health Assembly.
As countries now enter what should be the final stages of the negotiations, they must ensure that they are agreeing on actions which will do the job required: to prevent and mitigate pandemic threats. We urge solutions which ensure both speed in reporting and sharing pathogens, and in access – in every country – to sufficient tools like tests and vaccines to protect lives and minimise harm. The public and private sectors must work together towards the public good. This global effort is being threatened by misinformation and disinformation. Among the falsehoods circulating are allegations that the WHO intends to monitor people’s movements through digital passports; that it will take away the national sovereignty of countries; and that it will have the ability to deploy armed troops to enforce mandatory vaccinations and lockdowns. All of these claims are wholly false and governments must work to disavow them with clear facts.
It is imperative now to build an effective, multisectoral and multilateral approach to pandemic prevention,preparedness, and response marked by a spirit of openness and inclusiveness. In doing so we can send a message that even in this fractured and fragmented world, cross-border co-operation can deliver global solutions to global problems.
We call on leaders of all countries to step up their efforts and secure an effective pandemic accord by May. A new pandemic threat will emerge – and there is no excuse not to be ready for it.
https://gordonandsarahbrown.com/2024/03/pandemic-accord-joint-letter/
Gordon Brown Former Prime Minister of the UK 2007-2010
Sir Tony Blair Prime Minister of the UK 1997-2007
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Carlos Alvarado* President of Costa Rica (2018-2022)
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Michelle Bachelet* President of Chile (2006-2010)
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Jan Peter Balkenende* Prime Minister of The Netherlands (2002-2010)
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Ban Ki-moon* Eighth Secretary General of the United Nations
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Joyce Banda* President of Malawi (2012-2014)
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Kjell Magne Bondevik* Prime Minister of Norway (1997-2000; 2001-2005)
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Kim Campbell* Prime Minister of Canada (1993)
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Alfred Gusenbauer* Chancellor of Austria (2007-2008)
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Seung-Soo Han* Prime Minister of the Rep. of Korea (2008-2009)
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Mehdi Jomaa* Prime Minister of Tunisia (2014-2015)
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Horst Köhler* President of Germany (2004-2010)
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Rexhep Meidani* President of Albania (1997-2002)
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Mario Monti* Prime Minister of Italy (2011-2013)
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Francisco Sagasti* President of Peru (2020-2021)
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Jenny Shipley* Prime Minister of New Zealand (1997-1999)
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Juan Somavía* Ninth Director of the International Labour Organization
*indicates membership of Club de Madrid
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Helen Clark** Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
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Micheline Calmy-Rey** Former President of the Swiss Confederation
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Baroness Lynda Chalker** Former Minister of Overseas Development of the UK
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Chester A. Crocker** Former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, USA
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Marzuki Darusman** Former Attorney General of Indonesia
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Mohamed El Baradei** Former Vice President of Egypt
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Gareth Evans** Former Foreign Minister of Australia
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Lawrence Gonzi** Former Prime Minister of Malta
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Lord George Robertson** Former Secretary General of NATO
** Indicates membership of Global Leadership Foundation
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Vaira Vike-Freiberga*** Co-Chair, NGIC; President of Latvia 1999-2007
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Ismail Serageldin*** Co-Chair, NGIC; Vice President of the World Bank 1992-2000
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Kerry Kennedy*** President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
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Rosen Plevneliev*** President of Bulgaria 2012-2017
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Petar Stoyanov*** President of Bulgaria 1997-2002
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Chiril Gaburici*** Prime Minister of Moldova 2015
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Mladen Ivanic*** Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014-2018
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Zlatko Lagumdzija*** Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN; Prime Minister 2001-2002; Deputy Prime Minister 1993-1996, 2012-2015
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Rashid Alimov*** Secretary-General Shanghai Cooperation Organization 2016-2018
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Jan Fisher*** Prime Minister of the Czech Republic 2009-2010
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Csaba Korossi*** 77th President of the UN General Assembly
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Maria Fernanda Espinosa*** 73rd President of the UN General Assembly
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Volkan Bozkir*** 75th President of the UN General Assembly
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Ameenah Gurib Fakim*** President of Mauritius 2015-2018
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Filip Vujanovic*** President of Montenegro 2003-2018
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Borut Pahor*** President of Slovenia 2012-2022; Prime Minister 2008-2012
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Ivo Josipovic*** President of Croatia 2010-2015
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Petru Lucinschi*** President of Moldova 1997-2001
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Boris Tadic*** President of Serbia 2004-2012
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Mirko Cvetkovic*** Prime Minister of Serbia 2008-2012
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Dumitru Bragish*** Prime Minister of Moldova 1999-2001
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Emil Constantinescu*** President of Romania 1996-2000
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Nambaryn Enkhbayar*** President of Mongolia 2005-2009
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Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic*** President of Croatia 2015-2020
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Gjorge Ivanov*** President of North Macedonia 2009-2019
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Valdis Zatlers*** President of Latvia 2007-2011
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Ana Birchall*** Deputy Prime Minister of Romania 2018-2019
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Hikmet Cetin*** Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey 1991-1994
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Jewel Howard Taylor*** Vice President of Liberia 2018-2024
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Djoomart Otorbayev*** Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan 2014-2015
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Julio Cobos*** Vice President of Argentina 2007-2011
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Ouided Bouchmani*** Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2015
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Abdul Rauf AlRawabdeh*** Prime Minister of Jordan 1999-2000
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Jadranka Kosor*** Prime Minister of Montenegro 2009-2011
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Milica Pejanovic*** Minister of Defense of Montenegro 2012-2016
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Mats Karlsson*** Former Vice-President of the World Bank
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Laimdota Straujuma*** Prime Minister of Latvia 2014-2016
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Eka Tkeshelashvili*** Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia 2010-2012, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2010
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Moushira Khattab*** Former Minister of State for Family and Population of Egypt
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Raimonds Vejonis*** President of Latvia 2015-2019
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Ilir Meta*** President of Albania 2017-2022
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Edmond Panariti*** Former Minister of Foreign affairs, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania
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Andris Piebalgs*** European Commissioner for Development 2010-2014, European Commissioner for Energy 2004-2010
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Manuel Pulgar Vidal*** Climate and Energy Global Leader at the World Wide Fund for Nature, Minister of Environment of Peru 2011-2016, President of COP20
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Yves Leterme*** Yves Leterme, Prime Minister of Belgium 2008, 2009-201
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Rovshan Muradov*** Secretary-General of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center
*** Indicates membership of Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC)
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Professor Erik Berglof London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor Justin Lin Beijing University
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Professor Bai Chong-En Tsinghua School of Economics and Management Studies
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Professor Robin Burgess London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor Shang-jin Wei Columbia University
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Professor Harold James Princeton University
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Ahmed Galal Former Minister of Finance, Egypt
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Professor Jong-Wha Lee Korea University
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Professor Leonhard Wantchekon African School of Economics, Benin
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Professor Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden Mannheim University
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Professor Kaushik BasuCornell University
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Professor Bengt HolmstromMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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Professor Mathias DewatripontUniversité Libre de Bruxelles
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Professor Dalia MarinUniversity of Munich
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Professor Richard Portes London Business School
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Professor Chris Pissarides London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor Diane Coyle University of Cambridge
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Mustapha Nabli Former Governor, Central Bank of Tunisia
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Professor Wendy Carlin University College London
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Professor Gerard Roland University of California, Berkeley
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Professor Nora Lustig Tulane University
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Piroska Nagy-Mohacsi London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor Philippe Aghion College de France
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Professor Devi Sridhar University of Edinburgh
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Yu Yongding Former President of China Society in the World Economy
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Muhammad Yunus Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006
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Kailash Satyarthe Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2014
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Sir Ivor Roberts Former UK Ambassador
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Sir Suma Chakrabarti Former EBRD President
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Sir Tim Hitchens Former UK Ambassador
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Alistair Burt Former Minister for Health/International Development
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Tom Fletcher Former UK Ambassador
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Julian Braithwaite Former UK Perm Rep to WHO
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John Casson Former UK Ambassador
The version above was first published here:
https://gordonandsarahbrown.com/2024/03/pandemic-accord-joint-letter/
NOTE: The original communication of this information by Gordon and Sarah Brown incorrectly referred to the Global Leadership Foundation as the Global Leadership Forum.
Op-ed version here:
https://twitter.com/ProSyn/status/1770435186083443055
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