Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
The establishment of a Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance was recommended by the Interagency Coordination Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance. The Global Leaders Group includes members from Member States, civil society and the private sector.
About
The Interagency Coordination Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance concluded its mandate by submitting its report to the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) in April 2019. The UNSG reiterated his commitment to antimicrobial resistance in a report that underlined the importance of implementing the recommendations. Furthermore, he requested the Tripartite Organizations (FAO, OIE and WHO) in close consultation with his office to propose the terms of reference and mechanisms for establishment of the One Health Global Leaders Group on antimicrobial resistance (Global Leaders Group) as a key global governance structure.
The Tripartite Joint Secretariat on Antimicrobial Resistance developed draft Terms of Reference for the Global Leaders Group based on the IACG recommendations and conducted consultations with member states, civil society and the private sector through web-based discussions and events in October and November 2019. The Terms of Reference were updated based on the feedback received from the consultations and were reviewed by the Directors-General of the Tripartite Organizations before submission to the UNSG Executive Office in February 2020. In a letter to the Tripartite Organizations dated 15 June 2020, the UNSG approved the Terms of Reference and recommend that the Global Leaders Group’s advisory and advocacy role would be more effective if directly accountable to and therefore formally convened by the Tripartite Organizations on behalf of the UNSG.
The Global Leaders Group includes members from Member States, civil society and the private sector.
Members of the Global Leaders Group
Co-chairs
H.E. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
H.E. Mia Amor Mottley
Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, Minister of National Security and the Civil Service, BARBADOS
Members
Dr Hamad A. Al-Batshan
Deputy Minister for Innovation and Modern Technologies, Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, SAUDI ARABIA
Dr Hasan Mohammed Abbas Al-Temimi
Minister of Health and Environment, IRAQ
Prof António Correia de Campos
Former Minister of Health, Professor Emeritus of Health Economics, National School of Public Health, New University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Prof C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu
Former Minister of Health, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, NIGERIA
Dr Guilherme Antônio da Costa Júnior
Senior Agricultural Attaché, Mission of Brazil to the European Union, Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, BRAZIL
Prof Dame Sally Davies
UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, UNITED KINGDOM
Prof Sir Jeremy James Farrar
Director, Wellcome Trust, UNITED KINGDOM
Mr Jean-Christophe Flatin
President of Innovation, Science, Technology & Mars Edge, Mars, Inc., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ms Grace Fu
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Member of Parliament, SINGAPORE
Dr Julie Gerberding
Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Officer, Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy, & Population Health, Merck & Co., Inc., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Ms Lena Hallengren
Minister of Health and Social Affairs, SWEDEN
Ms Sussan Ley
Minister for the Environment, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Member of Parliament, AUSTRALIA
Ms Sunita Narain
Director-General, Centre for Science and Environment, INDIA
Ms Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye
Former Minister of Livestock and Animal Production, Former Minister of Fisheries and the Maritime Economy, President of the High Council of Territorial Collectivities , SENEGAL
Prof Anna Y. Popova
Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being (Rospotrebnadzor), Chief Sanitary Physician of the Russian Federation, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Mr Yasuhisa Shiozaki
Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Member of the House of Representatives, JAPAN
Ms Dechen Wangmo
Minister of Health, BHUTAN
Dr Jeffrey Scott Weese
Professor at the University of Guelph, Director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Chief of Infection Control at Ontario Veterinary College, CANADA
Prof Lothar H. Wieler
President of the Robert Koch Institute, GERMANY
Alternate Members
Ms Tamara van Ark
Minister for Medical Care and Sport , THE NETHERLANDS
Dr Maggie De Block
Former Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health, and Asylum and Migration, Member of Parliament, BELGIUM
Dr Christopher Fearne
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health, Member of Parliament, MALTA
Ex-Officio Members
Dr Qu Dongyu
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ms Inger Anderson
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme
Dr Monique Eloit
Director General, World Organisation for Animal Health
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization
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Calls for consultation