As the world reels under the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the powerful G-20 grouping to put human beings rather than economic targets at the centre of the vision for global prosperity and cooperation.
In his address at a video conference of the G-20 leaders,Modi also pitched for developing a new crisis management protocol andprocedures to deal with global health crisis besides significantly boostingcapability of organisations like the WHO, government sources said.
He also said that G-20 should work together to reduceeconomic hardships, particularly of the poor nations in the wake of theCOVID-19 pandemic which has killed over 21,000 people and infected more than470,000 globally.
The prime minister called for ushering in a newglobalisation for collective well being of entire humankind, noting thatmedical research should be freely and openly available for all countries.
He said empowering the WHO was necessary for development ofeffective vaccines to deal with global pandemics.
“Let us put human beings rather than economic targets at thecentre of our vision for global prosperity and cooperation,” Modi was quoted assaying by the sources.Healso stressed on developing a more adaptive, responsive, affordable and humanhealthcare system that can be deployed globally to deal with healthcare crisis.