ＷＨＯの重要性確認　新型コロナで―Ｇ２０財務・保健相声明

　２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）の財務相と保健相は１７日、合同でテレビ会議を開催した。日本からは麻生太郎財務相と田村憲久厚生労働相が参加。新型コロナウイルス対策などについて議論し、世界保健機関（ＷＨＯ）を含む国連諸機関の重要な役割を認める共同声明を採択した。
　Ｇ２０財務相と保健相の合同会議は２０１９年６月に大阪市で開いて以来、２回目。コロナとは別の感染症のパンデミック（世界的流行）が起きた場合の対応策などに関しても意見を交わした。これまで米国は新型コロナの対応でＷＨＯを批判し、脱退を正式通知したが、今回の会議では足並みをそろえた形だ。（2020/09/18-00:24）

Finance and health ministers from the Group of 20 major economies on Thursday acknowledged the important role of the World Health Organization and other U.N. bodies in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
   The acknowledgment was included in a joint statement on COVID-19 response the G-20 ministers adopted after their virtual meeting on the day. From Japan, Finance Minister Taro Aso and health minister Norihisa Tamura participated in the teleconference.
   It was the second joint meeting of G-20 finance and health ministers after the one held in Osaka in June 2019 on the sidelines of a G-20 summit in the western Japan city.
   The United States has rapped the WHO over responses to the coronavirus pandemic and officially declared that it will leave the global organization, but the country kept in step with other G-20 nations in the latest meeting.
   The ministers also exchanged opinions on how they should respond to pandemics of other infectious diseases.