Malaysia says pandemic prevention and preparedness must be shared global responsibility, Tok Mat tells UN

Malaysia emphasised the importance of both national and global efforts in pandemic prevention, highlighting lessons from Covid-19 at the UN meeting in New York.

The country is implementing the Malaysia National Action Plan for Health Security 2025–2030 to enhance health readiness, surveillance, and laboratory capacity.

Malaysia supports the WHO Pandemic Agreement, advocating for equitable pathogen and benefit-sharing, along with adequate and sustainable financing for health initiatives.

NEW YORK, Sept 26 — Malaysia has stressed that pandemic prevention, preparedness and response must be treated as both a national imperative and a shared global responsibility, drawing on lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Covid-19 exposed a fundamental truth. No nation can secure its health in isolation,” said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan in Malaysia’s statement at the High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response here yesterday.

Mohamad is in New York from September 23 to 27 to lead Malaysia’s delegation to the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

Malaysia has translated this lesson into action, Mohamad shared at the meeting.

“Through the Malaysia National Action Plan for Health Security 2025–2030, we are strengthening health-system readiness, integrated surveillance and early warning, laboratory capacity, emergency coordination, and a prepared health workforce,” he said.

Taking public health seriously, Mohamad said Malaysia is implementing the ‘One Health’ approach to mitigate microbiological threats in food, water and the environment.

“We believe that only through a whole-of-society approach would public health be assured nationwide,” he said.

The foreign minister noted that stronger preparedness will remain incomplete without equity.

Malaysia, he said, welcomes the WHO Pandemic Agreement and “we call for a robust and equitable Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing Annex that places pathogen sharing and benefit-sharing on an equal footing, while respecting national legislation and State sovereignty.”

Mohamad said equity must also be supported by the capacity to research, develop and produce essential health products.

Through its National Vaccine Development Roadmap 2021–2030, Malaysia is strengthening these capabilities.

Looking ahead, Mohamad said Malaysia’s collective ambition must be matched by sustainable means.

“Financing should be adequate, predictable and responsive to public health risks, equity and country needs.

“International mechanisms must complement domestic investment, strengthen national capacities, and reinforce universal health coverage,” he said.

The true test of this meeting, Mohamad said, will not be the commitments we announce, but whether the next threat is detected earlier, contained faster and met with fairer access to life-saving tools.

“Let us make solidarity not an improvised response to crisis, but a standing commitment secured before the next emergency, for every nation and every generation,” he said.

The meeting was held under the theme “Fostering a Multilateral and Intergenerational Approach to Prevent, Prepare for and Respond to Pandemics and Public Health Emergencies, Through the Principles of Equity and Solidarity” at the UN Headquarters. — Bernama

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马来西亚在纽约联合国会议上强调了国家和全球在预防疫情方面共同努力的重要性，并重点介绍了新冠肺炎疫情的经验教训。

该国正在实施《2025-2030年马来西亚国家卫生安全行动计划》，以增强卫生准备、监测和实验室能力。

马来西亚支持世界卫生组织《大流行病协定》，倡导公平地分享病原体和利益，并为卫生举措提供充足和可持续的资金。

纽约，9 月 26 日——马来西亚强调，必须将疫情预防、准备和应对视为国家要务和全球共同责任，并吸取新冠肺炎疫情的经验教训。

“新冠肺炎疫情暴露了一个基本事实。没有哪个国家能够孤立地保障自身健康，”马来西亚外交部长拿督斯里莫哈末哈山昨天在马来西亚举行的疫情预防、准备和应对高级别会议上发表声明说。

穆罕默德将于9月23日至27日在纽约率领马来西亚代表团参加联合国大会第81届会议。

穆罕默德在会上表示，马来西亚已经将这一教训付诸行动。

他说：“通过《2025-2030年马来西亚国家卫生安全行动计划》，我们正在加强卫生系统准备、综合监测和预警、实验室能力、应急协调以及一支训练有素的卫生队伍。”

穆罕默德表示，马来西亚非常重视公共卫生，正在实施“同一健康”方针，以减轻食品、水和环境中的微生物威胁。

他说：“我们认为，只有通过全社会的共同努力，才能确保全国的公共卫生安全。”

外交部长指出，如果没有公平，加强防范措施是不完整的。

他说，马来西亚欢迎世卫组织的《大流行协议》，并“呼吁制定一项强有力的、公平的病原体获取和惠益分享附件，将病原体共享和惠益分享置于平等地位，同时尊重国家立法和国家主权。”

穆罕默德表示，公平也必须得到研发和生产基本保健产品能力的支持。

马来西亚正通过其《2021-2030年国家疫苗发展路线图》加强这些能力。

展望未来，穆罕默德表示，马来西亚的集体雄心必须以可持续的方式实现。

“资金应充足、可预测，并能应对公共卫生风险、公平性和国家需求。

他说：“国际机制必须与国内投资相辅相成，加强国家能力建设，并强化全民健康覆盖。”

穆罕默德表示，本次会议的真正考验不在于我们宣布了哪些承诺，而在于能否更早地发现下一个威胁，更快地控制住威胁，并更公平地获得拯救生命的工具。

他说：“让我们把团结视为应对危机的临时措施，而不是在下一次紧急情况发生之前就为每个国家和每一代人做出的长期承诺。”

此次会议在联合国总部举行，主题为“通过公平和团结原则，促进以多边和跨代际方式预防、准备和应对大流行病和突发公共卫生事件”。——马来西亚国家通讯社（Bernama）

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