Geneva, 15 May 2020 – Presidents Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa Rica and Sebastián Piñera of Chile joined WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today to announce progress on a technology platform that aims to lift access barriers to effective vaccines, medicines and other health products against COVID-19.
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哥斯达黎加在COVID-19暴发之初就提出了这个想法，现在有几个国家支持该提议。
Costa Rica proposed the idea at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and several countries are now backing the proposal.
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哥斯达黎加总统阿尔瓦拉多说：“我们的提议依赖于团结。
“Our proposal relies on solidarity,” said President Alvarado of Costa Rica.
“It’s a Solidarity call to action to Member States, to academia, to companies, research institutions and cooperation agencies, based on global social responsibility, on a voluntary basis, promoting more global nonexclusive voluntary licensing.”
“We need to unleash the full power of science, without caveats or restrictions, to deliver innovations that are scalable, usable, and benefit everyone, everywhere, at the same time,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
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“传统的市场模式无法达到覆盖全球所需的规模。
“Traditional market models will not deliver at the scale needed to cover the entire globe.
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要想渡过目前的难关，国家与私营部门内部和之间的团结至关重要”。
Solidarity within and between countries and the private sector is essential if we are to overcome these difficult times.”