The world is becoming increasingly smaller as technological advances in transportation and communication allow its people to become increasingly intermingled. Disease proliferation is evidence that there can exist negative repercussions of an intertwined global community. In a world of booming international trade and travel, communicable diseases no longer stop at state borders. Developed countries can no longer remain immune from diseases of the Third World, and both developed and underdeveloped states are increasingly bombarded with new strains of deadly diseases. The UNSC should recognize that healthcare, and specifically disease, is a transnational, global issue that must be placed on its agenda as a priority.
Tuberculosis is an example of how disease has become a truly international problem.
Tuberculosis, and the multitude of similarly prevalent diseases, must be addressed. The United States delegation would like to stress that inadequate health does not only affect the lives of individuals but it disrupts the social, economic, and political fabric of a nation. And with the emergence of a more intertwined international system, disease has become a global threat. It is essential that we attempt to curb the proliferation of disease while, at the same time, facilitating provisions for all aspects of human health. We must make healthcare a priority for the twenty-first century.