The G7 is an international organization formed by the seven countries economically most advanced and was founded in 1975, primarily to facilitate shared macroeconomic initiatives in response to contemporary economic problems. The representatives of the countries meet every year and this year the summit took place in Cornwall (England – UK).
The main topic of conversation for the 2021 meeting, the first face-to-face summit since the pandemic began in early 2020, was Covid recovery, including «a stronger global health system that can protect us all from future pandemics».
It is significant that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the G7 summit is a chance to learn lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and wished do not repeat the errors made during it.
In his opening remarks to the G-7 leaders, Johnson said as the world recovered from the pandemic it was important to “level up across our societies” and build back better. He remarked that the G7 nations are expected to commit to sharing at least one billion coronavirus vaccines; Britain pledged to donate more than 100 million Covid vaccines to poorer countries and U.S. promised 500 million doses of vaccines to low and middle income countries and the African Union.
On its part, Caritas International appealed to the Group of Seven rich nations of the world, declaring that it is impossible to “build back better” without cancelling the debt of poor countries and reinvesting these funds in Covid-19 response and recovery and to combat the climate crisis.
As we can see, international organizations are striving to search out the solution for the most serious problems and challenges of the present moment, sharing creative ideas and initiatives that we hope will bear fruit of goodness for the whole humanity.