Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during the second session of the G20 Summit, urged G20 countries to make additional contributions to the Pandemic Fund to support the financing mechanism for pandemic prevention and control, according to ANTARA News Agency. "The G20 has succeeded in establishing the Pandemic Fund. This must be followed by additional funding contributions to function optimally, including Indonesia's contribution, which has committed US$50 million," he said at the second session of the G20 Summit, which took place at the Apurva Kempinski, on Tuesday. The Pandemic Fund, which had been proposed since the Italian G20 presidency, was successfully formed and launched during Indonesia's G20 presidency this year, mainly as a result of a series of meetings between the ministers of health and the ministers of finance over the past year. During the second working session of the G20 Summit, the leaders of member countries and several leaders of international organizations, such as the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and World Bank president David Malpass discussed a host of issues related to the global health architecture. At a closed discussion, state leaders were scheduled to discuss, among other things, the Pandemic Fund, which was officially launched by President Widodo in Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 13, 2022.
