There is a need for the countries at international level to frame an international accord to deal with pandemics. Elucidate (200 Words)
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IAS Parliament 4 years
KEY POINTS
· Environmental degradation is the foremost example of a ‘tragedy of the commons’ yielded by the urge to act selfishly.
· European Council floated the idea of an international treaty on pandemics designed to ensure universal access to vaccines and drugs during such outbreaks.
· The broad goal of such a treaty would be to enhance mutual accountability and shared responsibility, transparency and cooperation within the international system.
· Had fully signed-up multilateral protocols been in place and duly observed, we need not have had an ugly controversy over the virus’s origin in China.
· China did volunteer the genome of SARS-CoV-2 which allowed scientists elsewhere to get cracking on preventives and therapies.
· While we celebrate the quick creation of various adenovirus and m-RNA vaccines as testimony to the value of science that transcends borders, our collective effort to halt corona transmission has stumbled on varying degrees of vaccine nationalism.
· Too many doses have been cornered by well-off nations, leaving vast populations vulnerable.
· India should not only join treaty talks, but also lead them in its capacity as the world’s big vaccine maker.
