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He wrote this on Twitter in connection with the signing of the Communiqué on the International Pandemic Treaty, according to Ukrinform.

"Nations should work together towards a new international treaty for pandemic preparedness & response. We must unite to be better prepared to predict, prevent, detect, assess & effectively respond to pandemics in a highly coordinated fashion," Zelensky said.

The text of the Communiqué on the International Pandemic Treaty, which has been published on the website of the head of state, states that the COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest challenge to the global community since the 1940s and shows why joint action is needed to build a more robust international health architecture that will protect future generations.

"There will be other pandemics and other major health emergencies. No single government or multilateral agency can address this threat alone. The question is not if, but when. Together, we must be better prepared to predict, prevent, detect, assess and effectively respond to pandemics in a highly coordinated fashion," the document reads.

Communiqué participants state that committed to ensuring universal and equitable access to safe, efficacious and affordable vaccines, medicines and diagnostics for this and future pandemics.

The document also emphasizes that immunization is a global public good and that vaccines should be developed, manufactured and deployed as quickly as possible.

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