This seems like a useful mission:
Australia has received international backing for an independent coronavirus inquiry as trade tensions with China come under heavy strain.
More than 60 countries including Russia, Indonesia, India, Japan, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and all 27 European Union member states have co-sponsored the motion.
The draft resolution calls for impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation of the international response to the pandemic.
It doesn’t mention China, but Australia’s push for the inquiry has angered Beijing, which has threatened a huge tariff on barley and blocked some beef imports.READ MORE
Health Minister Greg Hunt will represent Australia at the virtual World Health Assembly meeting on Monday night.
A vote is expected in the early hours of Tuesday.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said the inquiry was about investigating what the world could learn from the devastating pandemic.
“That’s the responsible thing to do when 300,000 souls have lost their lives around the world,” he told the ABC on Monday.
The best thing about it is that the US is not included. Trump would only make everything so much worse.
It’s fair for countries to come together to try to sort out exactly what happened. It doesn’t sound like they are being bellicose and hostile which is unproductive while the bodies are still piling up and we need every bit of data we can get.
If people have been wanting the US to withdraw from the world, they are getting their wish. Only it’s the rest of the world withdrawing from us. And I can’t blame them.