Closing of the virtual #WHA73 with @DrTedros. #COVID19 https://www.pscp.tv/w/cZJ10TI2MTAyMHwxeXBLZFFkd2pXTkdXLw7-DGHrVjy_E3ee4fTKC3Qqq85eDBJuuq5lf0sz_mE=

We know that this #COVID19 pandemic brings serious social-economic effects because to face up to its exponential growth, we had to take draconian measures.

- #Colombia President @IvanDuque at #WHA73

If we are sufficiently disciplined, work together sufficiently joined, we will be able to face this with success.
That is what we tried to do in #Colombia. We have taken difficult, drastic decisions. This has helped us.
- President @IvanDuque at #WHA73

I believe that WHO is called on to ensure that all of us make efforts so we don’t think as individuals but as a major collective: to develop a vaccine, find treatments, work aligned with science.

- #Colombia President @IvanDuque at #WHA73

Protecting health is a fundamental right for all & working together with all govts will make the difference.
I call on WHO & all Member States to face this #COVID19 with a better sense of intl cooperation

- #Colombia President @IvanDuque at #WHA73

"I offer my deep thanks to the many Member States who have expressed their support & solidarity you have demonstrated at #WHA73 & throughout the pandemic.

I’ve been impressed and inspired by the commitment of so many countries to fighting the virus and saving lives"- @DrTedros

"I thank Member States for adopting the #COVID19 resolution, which calls for an independent and comprehensive evaluation of the international response – including, but not limited to, WHO’s performance"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"I will initiate an evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment. We welcome any initiative to strengthen global health security & to strengthen WHO.

WHO remains fully committed to transparency, accountability & continuous improvement"- @DrTedros #WHA73 https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1262347345888452610?s=20

"WHO’s focus now is fighting the #COVID19 pandemic with every tool at our disposal.

Our focus is on saving lives"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"We will continue providing strategic leadership to coordinate the global #COVID19 response;

We’ll continue providing the with epidemiological information and analysis"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"We’ll continue to keep the informed and give people and communities the information they need to keep themselves and each other safe;

We’ll continue shipping diagnostics, personal protective equipment and other medical supplies all over the world"- @DrTedros #COVID19 #WHA73

"We’ll continue bringing together leading experts from around the to develop technical advice, based on the best science;

We’ll continue driving research and development to develop evidence about vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics"- @DrTedros #COVID19 #WHA73

"We’ll continue working with countries & partners to ensure equitable access to the tools to prevent, detect & treat #COVID19;

We’ll continue supporting countries to prepare & respond;

We’ll continue working with countries to sustain essential health services"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"We’ll continue to work day and night to support the most vulnerable countries and populations;

We’ll continue supporting countries to achieve the “triple billion” targets and the @GlobalGoalsUN"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"We’ll continue supporting countries to build resilient health systems, based on primary health care, to progress towards our shared goal of universal health coverage"- @DrTedros #HealthForAll #WHA73

" #COVID19 has robbed us of people we love;

It’s robbed us of lives and livelihoods;

It’s shaken the foundations of our world;

It threatens to tear at the fabric of international cooperation"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"But #COVID19 has also reminded us that for all our differences, we are one human race, and we are stronger together"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"We may speak different languages, but we share the same DNA.

We may adhere to different faiths, but we share the same aspirations for a peaceful and harmonious world;

We may have different cultures and traditions, but we share the same planet"- @DrTedros #COVID19 #WHA73

"For everything #COVID19 has taken from us, it has also given us something:

A reminder of what really matters;

And the opportunity to forge a common future"- @DrTedros #WHA73

"Dark & difficult days may lie ahead.

But guided by science, together we will overcome.

Let hope be the antidote to fear.

Let solidarity be the antidote to division.

Let our shared humanity be the antidote to our shared threat.

Now, more than ever"- @DrTedros

#COVID19 #WHA73