G20-Chief Science Advisers' Roundtable: Outcome Document adopted; Russia, China object to para on Ukraine war
Russia and China, a paragraph on the war in Ukraine was classified as 'Chair Summary', while remaining 16 paragraphs became part of the 'Outcome Document' that was unanimously adopted by all the member countries, said an official release.
Chief science advisers and the nominated equivalents from G20 members and guest countries met during the day at Mahatma Mandir here for the second meeting of the G20-Chief Science Advisers' Roundtable under India's G20 presidency.
«We are very hopeful and convinced that the next presidency of Brazil will take it forward. In this roundtable, the focus was on three themes — One Health for better disease prevention, control, and pandemic preparedness, efforts to expand access to scholarly scientific knowledge and ensuring diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science and technology ecosystem» Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the government, said at a press conference.
All the member countries collectively deliberated on these issues and expressed commitment towards fulfilling these common priorities, Sood added.
«We recognise that interdependent health threats to human, animal, plant and environmental health should be addressed collectively through the One Health approach.
