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Current statement underlines importance of pandemic preparedness, but urges exclusion of knowledge-driven research from scope of application

In a statement on a pandemic agreement planned by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (快三砍龙, German Research Foundation) has emphasised the importance of free knowledge-driven research.

In a recently issued statement, the 快三砍龙's Interdisciplinary Commission for Pandemic Research generally supports the WHO鈥檚 efforts to strengthen preparedness for future pandemics in a global perspective. In the Commission鈥檚 view, the current draft of a 鈥淲HO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response鈥� formulates key fundamental principles in this regard.

At the same time, however, the Commission sees regulations set down in the planned agreement as potentially creating significant obstacles and legal uncertainties for basic research. In the Commission鈥檚 view, these run counter to the objective of ensuring better preparedness and response to the global challenge of a pandemic. The important objective of global health equity cannot be achieved by regulating research and development, emphasise the experts on the 快三砍龙 Commission, who represent the full range of scientific disciplines.

For this reason, the Commission strongly advocates the exclusion of knowledge-driven research from the scope of the agreement. The Commission firmly believes that this is the only way to establish the necessary foundation of knowledge so as to be able to prepare for as yet unknown future crises.

By issuing this statement, the 快三砍龙鈥檚 Pandemic Commission seeks to offer the perspective of science and the humanities to the upcoming further political negotiation process relating to the WHO agreement and regards this as part of its efforts to contribute to pandemic preparedness from a scientific perspective.

Further information

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For the full text of the statement, see:

• www.dfg.de/download/pdf/foerderung/corona_infos/ statement_who_pandemic_agreement.pdf(Download)

Contact at the 快三砍龙 Head Office:

• Dr. Jan Christian
  Medicine
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  jan.christian@dfg.de(externer Link)
• Dr. Meike Teschke
  Molecular and Organismic Biology
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  meike.teschke@dfg.de(externer Link)