We have every year in the last 20 years seen a new disease identified. There will be new threats of this kind, there will be new diseases coming. Therefore the capacity to identify and react, to respond quickly, is so important. |
We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks, |
We must prepare for the possibility that people are deliberately harmed with biological or chemical agents. |
We will try to stop the military activity in Chechnya before the election, |