We the BRICS countries must support UN bodies in playing their due roles in fighting COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a central force in coordinating the global response, and is indispensable for helping developing countries, especially our African brothers and sisters, in fighting the disease. Supporting the WHO helps us save more lives, treat more patients; it enables a more effective response against the virus and is conducive to pooling global strength. At a crucial moment in humanity’s joint fight against the virus, any attempt to undercut the WHO’s authority and obstruct its role will be most ill-timed and will find no support in the international community. On top of paying its assessed contributions to the WHO on time and in full, China donated US$20 million to the WHO, and this was followed by another donation of US$30 million announced just a few days ago. Hopefully most of these funds will be used for addressing the urgent needs of developing countries. We will also provide financial support to the UN’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan, and do everything within our capacity to lessen the debt burden on African countries and assist them in boosting anti-epidemic capacity. In view of the weaknesses and inadequacies exposed during this crisis, we also need to enhance global public health governance, make it a higher priority on the international agenda, and work together to build a community of health for all.
第四,坚持开拓进取,深化金砖合作。金砖各领域合作难免受到疫情影响,但不应停步不前。我们要勇敢迎接挑战,学会化危为机。中方愿同各方一道,积极支持俄方作为主席国开展工作。中方也支持俄方制定《金砖国家经济伙伴战略2025》的倡议。我们要重视线上办公、线上购物等迅速发展的新业态,围绕打造新工业革命伙伴关系,开发新的合作模式,挖掘新的合作潜能。我们要充分发挥新开发银行和应急储备安排作用,为五国经济运行提供稳健的金融支撑。新开发银行扩员已经取得积极进展,要争取圣彼得堡会晤前明确首批新成员。我们还要继续加强人文交流,在五国间架起坚实的民心之桥。
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