S3M1 Log §

Class: IS306 Created Time: June 15, 2021 1:57 PM Database: Class Notes Database Last Edited Time: June 21, 2021 3:30 PM Resulting Materials: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IUOvVwPK4azPQb1MCWbFG0T62DLqbdXoQxdV7Q1ifZM/edit Tags:#COVID-19 Type: Seminar

• all but one is present, 2 are present and voting
• Motion: China motion to set agenda (passed)
• Motion: China motion to open speaker list with 2 minute speaking time (passed)

Speaking list §

• US mentions its contributions to COVAX
  • Mentions economic crisis as side effect
  • Mentions politicization of COVID-19 pandemic
    • Violate democratic, freedom, freespeech
• China
• India mention concerns
  • looking forward to solve the problem together for world peace and security
• Fiji: economic issue
• Motion Egypt 20 minutes moderated caucus on the current situation of the pandemic

Caucus 1: general discussion of COVID-19 situation §

• US main ways to deal with it are
  • Essential of PPE
  • how to treat the disease: to heavily invest in treatment methods
  • how to end the disease: to seek investment and help with COVAX facilities
• UK talks about efficacy rates of vaccines, boasting about itself and its contributions to COVAX
  • Urge vaccine industries to spread technology of producing vaccines
  • Funding doesn’t help but vaccines does for poorer countries
• Nigeria:
  • wants cooperation,
  • rich countries help the poor with vaccines and healthcare systems
• China: impact on developing countries is much bigger than rich countries
  • call for more vaccine contributions
• Indonesia
  • lists statistics of impacts COVID-19 had
  • strengthen capacity of health industries for both developed and developing countries
  • tech transfer and help like those will help developing countries deal with it better
• Russia: support US in importance of PPE
  • vaccines manufacturers to cooperate: exchange of expertise, endurance transparency
  • Use of WHO in managing?
• Guatemala:
  • lists statistics of virus impacts
  • to take immediate actions to ensure safety of people
  • vaccination shortage limited to vaccine producing countries
    • technology transfer to others
• Australia
  • contact tracing, better method testing?
  • encourage distribution of vaccination campaigns
• India:
  • Internally India has implemented actions to stop spread
  • Externally India has helped contributing to other countries
  • Urge collective cooperation in multilateral response
• Brazil:
• Korea: had experience with MERS, shared experience and advice to others
  • Mask wearing, social distancing
  • Business closures
  • Contact tracing
  • National testing strategies…
• Egypt: coop
• Japan: covid is a threat to all 3 pillars of UN
  • set goal of leaving no one’s health behind
  • have 3 face: protect people, stop it in the future,
    • Protect people live: equitable vaccination, no biasness

Caucus 2: vaccine distribution §

• Indonesia motion for 20 minutes moderated caucus 2 min speaking time about vaccine distribution
• US: point out importance of use of COVAX to distribute vaccines
• UK agree with US with cooperation is the only way
• Fiji
  • vaccine inequality
  • rich have more influence and better access to vaccines
• US response to Fiji: US is working on ways for developing countries to receive these vaccines
• Egypt: wants transfer of technology to increase quantity of vaccines
• Brazil: statistics of inequal vaccines distributions in Africa
  • want funding and actions taken for better equality of vaccine distribution
• South Africa: test safety of vaccines first before distributing
  • Address G7 countries
• Korea
• Guatemala
  • concern on migrants suffering from discrimination?
  • avoid criminalization of migrants population
• India
  • boasts its vaccines production numbers and contribution
  • its cheap vaccines will help with poorer countries
• Nigeria: not enough vaccines in Africa
• Japan: urge work collaboratively
  • enhance R&D of vaccine development
  • increase supply chain of vaccines
• UK: late shipment and expiration date is an issue
  • Reject accusation of efficacy and blood clot issue as false information
  • make sure vaccines are transported at proper temperature and conditions
  • committed to distributed more this year and next year
• China:
  • China signed COVAX vaccine development in Egypt with a facility
  • is willing to distribute equally
• Australia:
• Russia:
  • developed their own vaccine, already in use in Russia, second is in testing, third is in development
  • urge countries to be open to cooperate

Caucus 3: secondary issues §

• China: motion for the caucus
• China:
  • rise of hate crime against Chinese citizens, call on all to cooperate and reject politicization and conspiracy theories in blaming China and it’s people
• US respond to China: also concerned over racism of Asian Hate
  • some (China?) used COVID-19 to justify human rights abuses
  • build up of military capacity in conflict zones (China?)
• UK: dunno
• China: these strict measures were required and were effective in keeping the cases low
• US says its not refering to the lock down measures, but other violations of human rights (maybe refering to Uigurs in China)
• US wants to talk about economic recovery plan
• Russia: wants stop of sanctions on poorer countries that hinders their response to the pandemic
• UK
• India: concern on terrorism
  • terrorists enduce fear and violence
  • social media spread misinformation by terrorists?
• Brazil:
• Guatemala: food security
  • encourage world food program
  • concern with global economic decline
• South Africa
  • social disparity: indigenous, poor are affected worse
  • SME are effected strongest
    • SMEs are main income of black people and minorities
  • bring back employment with vaccination campaigns

Comments from Lecturer §

• This time was better as there were no deadlock or awkward silence with procedures
• What to focus on June 29, 2021
  • we focused on what we should do, but didn’t mention why we should do that instead of other methods
  • Issue of intellectual property is important to be contested for against transfer of vaccine technology to poor countries
• Should find arguments from academic journal instead of opinion pieces from news articles
  • Should intellectual property be shared or not
• Focus on the broader arguments and solutions instead of wording errors and interpretation of a clause for 3rd week
• Focus on rejecting or supporting one argument or another with good examples and evidence