Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, speaks at a UN General Assembly meeting. (Photo: VOV)

According to the resolution, a meeting is scheduled to take place in September next year at UN Headquarters in New York during the High-Level Week of the 81st UN General Assembly. The resolution, underscoring the urgent need to enhance global readiness for future health emergencies, calls for a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to this goal.

Highlights of the resolution include strengthening multilateral commitments and cooperation between member states and UN agencies, particularly the World Health Organization (WHO); and ensuring equitable, timely, and effective development, distribution, and access to vaccines and other medical countermeasures.

The document encourages broad participation at the highest level from member states, international organizations, NGOs, academia, the private sector, and communities to share lessons learned and improve global pandemic preparedness.

Vietnam’s appointment as co-facilitator of the resolution for the upcoming high-level meeting recognizes the country’s proactive and responsible role in strengthening the global health system.