Stressing the role of community empowerment was the President of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Mr Francesco Rocca.
He said his organization had learned from working with its network of responders in 192 countries that there is an urgent need to invest in preparedness at the community level, to “promote humanitarian action to be as local as possible, as global as necessary […] We call on governments, partners and donors to invest in preparedness at the community level to save lives and alleviate suffering in the next inevitable emergency.”
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各国议会联盟秘书长Martin Chungong先生强调议会的作用和多部门方法的重要性。
The role of parliaments and the importance of a multisectoral approach was highlighted by the Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Mr Martin Chungong.
The International Association of National Public Health Institutes, and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Cooperation emphasized the important role played by partner organizations in country and global preparedness and financing.
Closing the event, Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, appreciated the participants’ remarks, and asked for them to be met with sustained commitment to preparedness.
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他表示：“我们绝对、绝对、绝对不能让世界遗忘，因为下一次可能是最糟糕的一次。
“We cannot, cannot, cannot let the world forget because the next one may not be anything but the worst one,” he said.
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这次（COVID-19）可能只是未来的预兆，我们生活在太多风险之中”。
“This (COVID-19) may just be a harbinger of what may come, we are living with too much risk.”
This event marked a crucial dialogue among countries, donors and partners on building back better for future emergency preparedness during the current COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond.