The global COVID-19 crisis has highlighted that while new digital technologies can help us better understand and contain the spread of a pandemic, for example through the use of digital contact tracing, and while they underscore the importance of issues relating to technical standardisation and cross-border cooperation, these technologies also raise a number of questions, for example about application security and data protection.

Under current law, medical algorithms are classified as medical devices and can be approved with the 510(k)-approval process.

Global health diplomacy is what links health and international relations to address health security. It was this diplomacy that delivered political commitments from many corners of the world to push for COVID-19 medicines and essentials, the development of new partnerships and initiatives, and the creation of COVAX the global scheme to vaccinate people in lower-income countries and ACT-Accelerator, dubbed the fastest, most coordinated and successful global effort in history to develop tools to fight a disease .

Health diplomacy

n increasing number of health challenges can no longer be resolved at the technical level only – they require political negotiations and solutions, and often need to involve a wide range of actors. Health diplomacy takes place at many levels. Global health diplomacy focuses on those health issues that need the cooperation of many countries to address issues of common concern, but health diplomacy can also play a central role at the regional, bilateral and national level.

Some other components are ICTisation of schools,Integrated Taxation System, and electronic Patient Information management.On the other hand, our Central Bank is also piloting a project on digital Ngultrum, Bhutan’s currency, using block chain technology. This is to adapt with the overall ICT transformation and harness technology for a 21st century Bhutan.

With the growing frequency of global health threats, this world family must come together and engage in more effective health diplomacy. We must ensure greater collaboration not just to end this pandemic but on an array of other health-related issues. These include expanding the public health capacity of nations, particularly by enhancing their access to relevant technology and knowledge.

The digital divide has prevented access to education, health care, and many other essential services to millions of people around the world.

And we agreedonthe development of the EU Digital certificate. An innovative concept that Greece proposed, the implementation of which has been central to the restoration of our freedoms, the support of tourism and the rejuvenation of our economies.

We are appalled by the increase of cyber-attacks against critical infrastructuredelivering essential services to our citizens, including hospitals, water treatment facilities, power plants, and even ourdemocratic institutions. Such acts can cause grave suffering to civilians, including the loss of lives.

L’atteinte de nos objectifs passe par la réalisation d’actions concrètes qui garantissent, entre autres, l’accès à l’eau potable, l’accès à une éducation et à des soins de qualité, l’accès à l’énergie, l’entrepreneuriatrural et l’agrobusiness,la productivité et la création de richesses, l’emploi et l’autonomisation des femmes et des jeunes, la protection sociale

Let us all agree: Financing pandemic preparedness is a soundinvestment–and we all benefit fromthe returns.

During the pandemic, information technology was the main engineof sociallife and has proved firmly its role and positionin the life of the 21stcentury. Prior to the COVID-19, the use of information technology was deeply ingrained in economic, business and financial relations, but during the pandemic, remote diagnosticsandtreatment, e-learning, and home-based working were expanding andbringingnew forms of labor organization.

The concept of global development should not only be green and accessible socio-economic development, but also there is an emerging need that it needs to be formulated in deep consideration of healthandhealth diplomacy.Moreover, there isa pressing need in health sector to improve risk management, preparedness, investment, promotionof public-private partnership, and expediatedpenetrationof high technology and innovation.

The outbreakof the pandemic hasalso alarmed the modern nation states that the health sector possessesan existential importance equal to the defense sector.

Mr. President, the exposed weaknesses of our health systems, must be addressed, with innovative measures, with the use of modern technology and international cooperation.•Allow me, as we go forward, to underscore the importance of using science andtechnology, for peaceful purposes

Mr President,the covid-19 pandemic has had a far-reaching social economic impact globally including disturbing trade flows,supply chains,and various economic activities on our continent in the world. In addition to loss of lives,the pandemic increased poverty levels through job losses,stressed health care systems,and we're still the delivery of education to learners. Disruption to the education systems,particularly in developing countries,was in part due to inadequate information communication and technology -ICTfacilities within our countries

La pandemia y la revolucióndigital se han retroalimentado. Sin duda los avances de la tecnología digital nos han permitido enfrentar mejor la pandemia. Por ejemplo, sería difícil imaginar cómo habríamos enfrentado esta pandemia sin avances recientes como el Hospital Digital, la Comisaría Virtual o Chile Atiende. Por otra parte, la pandemia ha acelerado la instalación de la sociedad digital, que ha cambiado nuestra forma de trabajar, educarnos, informarnos e interactuar en sociedad, cambios que llegaron para quedarse.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a historic testfor our generation. How we respondtoday, both individually and collectively, will greatly shape the world of generations to come.Croatia is pleased to have been able to co-coordinate,with Afghanistan, the resolutiononthe“Comprehensive and coordinated response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic”, which not only set the stagefor ourrecovery, but also for building back better.The resolution also recognizes the value of an integrated “One Health approach”.By better understanding the health relatedinterlinkages of humans, animalsand our ecosystem, we stand a better chance at tacklingantimicrobial resistance, as well as preventingand containinganother major zoonotic disease outbreak.I think we all share in the aspirationsofa comprehensive, multi-sectoral engagement instrengtheningnational, regional and global capacities, as well as society’s overall resilience to a future pandemic.

Establishing legal standards and assuring compliance is a fundamental part of an effective multilateral cooperative response. This is why Croatia activelyadvocatesthe“Pandemic Preparedness and Response Agreement”.

Let us maintain momentum and keep working towards amore robust architecture that will reinforce global health security. The World HealthOrganization playsa pivotal role,and therefore,its further development is essential