New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (March 17, 2021) mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how the world can come together to fight a common risk.
During his deal with on the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, the Prime Minister mentioned, “On one hand, the pandemic has shown us how impacts can quickly spread across the world. And on the other hand, it has shown how the world can come together to fight a common threat.”
PM termed the present scenario unprecedented and mentioned, “We are witnessing an event that is being termed a once-in-a-hundred-year disaster. COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that in an interdependent and interconnected world, country-rich or poor, in the east or west, north or south- is immune to the effect of global disasters.”
Prime Minister added, “Just as the fight against the pandemic mobilized the energies of the world’s seven billion people, our quest for resilience must build on the initiative and imagination of each and every individual on this planet.”
Addressing the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. https://t.co/S5RVIl2jqn
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 17, 2021
PM Modi mentioned that the impact of a catastrophe in a single a part of the world can rapidly unfold throughout the world.Â
“Cooperation is a must for ensuring the resilience of the global system,” PM expressed.
The Prime Minister identified that the 12 months 2021 is a very essential 12 months because the world is approaching the mid-point of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris settlement, and the Sendai  Framework.
“The expectations from COP-26, to be hosted by the UK and Italy later this year, are high. This partnership on resilient infrastructure must play its important role in helping meet some of those expectations,” he mentioned.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson, PM of Fiji Frank Bainimarama and Italian PM Mario Draghi have been additionally current on the event. Â
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