NewDelhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for adopting a “one earth, one health” approach to effectively deal with the coronavirus pandemic globally during a virtual address at a session of the G7 summit.
Calling for global unity, leadership, and solidarity to prevent future pandemics, Modi emphasised the special responsibility of democratic and transparent societies to deal with the challenge. The prime minister also sought support of the G7 for a proposal moved at the WTO by India and South Africa for patent waiver on COVID related technologies. “The prime minister committed India’s support for collective endeavours to improve global health governance. He sought the G7’s support for the proposal moved at the WTO by India and South Africa, for a TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver on COVID-related technologies,” an official statement said.

We need to make sure that as we recover, we level up across our societies, we build back better. And I actually think we have a huge opportunity to do that, because as G7, we are united in our vision for a cleaner, greener world, a solution to the problems of climate change. And in those ideas, those technologies, which we’re all addressing together, I think there is the potential to generate many many millions of high wage, high skilled jobs. And I think that is what the people of our countries now want us to focus on. They want us to be sure that we’re beating the pandemic together, and discussing how we’ll never have a repeat of what we’ve seen, but also that we’re building back better together.”

POINTS OF DISCUSSION
1)  G7 leaders commit to protect planet and turbocharge global green growth.
2)  G7 discuss 100 Days Mission to improve readiness for future pandemics.
3) The session, titled ‘Building Back Stronger – Health’, focused on global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.