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Chapter 459 Medical Conference (6)

In the next few days, according to the progress of the conference, representatives of various countries delivered speeches. The content was not restricted. Whatever they wanted to say was of course related to medicine. It was mainly about some experiences in various countries in dealing with the epidemic, and also research on the plague. Because during this meeting, the East China Government indeed threw out a lot of practical information, so other countries were embarrassed to hide their own personal information and had to come up with some real materials. After all, all the people who came were medical experts, and whether it was a water sticker or a dry goods could be heard at first.

Although the experience of various countries in dealing with the epidemic and research on plague in the eyes of the elders, it has some inspirational effects for the East China government. After all, the experience of various countries in dealing with the epidemic is mainly based on the technical conditions of this era. At the same time, it is also a rare opportunity for other countries to absorb many experiences. In this way, there is indeed some academic exchanges.

Finally, the representatives of the two major international organizations, the International Red Cross Committee and the International Public Health Bureau, spoke. These two international organizations did not raise much technical issues, but emphasized the importance of international cooperation in responding to the epidemic. At the same time, they also highly praised the anti-epidemic actions of the East China Government. The International Red Cross Committee said that during this epidemic, the East China Government embodies the noble humanitarian spirit and the lofty concept of attaching importance to life, which has a great inspiration for the anti-epidemic actions of countries around the world. It has left a brilliant mark in the history of human prevention and control and resistance to the epidemic, and is the common wealth of human society. The International Public Health Bureau said that the pioneering epidemic prevention, anti-epidemic measures and effective drugs developed by the East China Government in this epidemic have provided rich and beneficial experience for other countries and can greatly promote the development of international public health and epidemic prevention.

These two major organizations are very proud of the East China Government. On the one hand, the East China Government's performance in this epidemic is indeed too eye-catching, and they fully distinguish their experience from other countries. On the other hand, these two major organizations have also negotiated with the East China Government to join in order to expand their international influence. After all, although these two major organizations are both known as international organizations, their target influence is basically in Europe. If the East China Government joins, the influence of these two major organizations can be radiated to East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, which is extremely beneficial to the development of these two major organizations. Therefore, we naturally have to say a few good words from the East China Government.

The next three days, the meeting came to the final content. The first was that the meeting unanimously passed the [Shanghai Declaration], believing that the epidemic is the common enemy of all mankind. Therefore, when facing the epidemic, the international community should work together and work together, and should not be subject to national or political interference, and should actively exchange experiences and technologies for responding to the epidemic.

The second is to determine and formulate the basic terms of the [International Epidemic Prevention Guidelines], and hold a meeting of the International Public Health Bureau in Paris, France next year to officially confirm the [International Epidemic Prevention Guidelines], laying the foundation for subsequent international epidemic prevention cooperation.

Finally, the International Red Cross and the International Public Health Bureau determined that the two major organizations would lead the translation of the [1911 World Medical Conference Plague Research Report] compiled by the East China Government into multiple languages ​​and published them in various countries. It is a classic work of international epidemiological research. The East China Government also promised to give up the copyright of this book, and the two major organizations also promised that when selling this book, only cost fees will be charged, and all profits will be included in the operating activities of the two major organizations.

After the meeting, representatives from various countries also returned to China with the harvest. Only representatives from the International Red Cross and the International Public Health Bureau remained, and negotiated with the East China Government to join the matter.

In contrast, the consultation between the East China Government and the International Public Health Bureau was very smooth, because the International Public Health Bureau was the predecessor of the post-World Health Organization and a relatively simple medical and health organization. Therefore, there will be no obstacles to joining this organization, but it is just necessary to complete routine procedures. Therefore, the consultation between the two sides was very successful and a consensus was reached. The East China Government stated that the International Public Health Bureau meeting will be held next year in Paris, France, and formally submitted an application for joining and initiate the process of joining.

The consultation between the East China Government and the International Red Cross encountered some obstacles. Although in the old time and space, all hospitals used the "Red Cross" as a mark, the International Red Cross actually did not have many medical and health components, but focused more on promoting peace, and was committed to improving and spreading humanitarianism, protecting and relieving victims of war and disasters, and of course, some also train medical staff and develop medical equipment.

This is because the predecessor of the International Red Cross was the International Committee for the Rescue of Wounded Soldiers, initiated by the Swiss Henry Dunnan. The general purpose at that time was to vigorously develop international conventions to provide protection for injured people, as well as ambulance personnel and field hospitals, and ensure their neutrality. It was later developed to protect and rescue victims of war and conflict as a neutral person in the capacity of international or non-international armed conflicts and civil unrest, as well as visiting prisoners of war and detained civilians, assisting prisoners of war exchanges.

The difference between the two sides is that during the Far East War, the Russian and Japanese prisoners of war captured by the People's Army. Since the Russian and Japanese prisoners of war exceeded 300,000, the East China government also demanded high redemption fees in addition to the war compensation. As a result, both Russia and Japan refused to pay the redemption fees. In fact, these two countries did not have the money to pay the fee at that time, so the East China government tried and served on the prisoners of Russia and Japan. In addition, the East China government also captured a large number of civilians from Japan and went to the Northeast China to explore.

These actions are obviously inconsistent with the concepts and purposes of the International Red Cross. Although Russia and Japan are not members of the International Red Cross, the International Red Cross cannot give up its principles because they hope that the East China Government will join and expand its influence. At least the current strength of the East China Government is not enough for the above-mentioned ICRC to give up its principles. Therefore, during the consultation between the two sides, the International Red Cross proposed that it hopes that the East China Government can consider solving the problem of captives from Russia and Japan, as well as civilians captured from Japan, and at least propose a solution.

But this condition naturally cannot be accepted by the East China government, because these nearly 700,000 prisoners and more than one million Japanese workers are the heavy labor force of the East China government. Until now, the East China government lacks labor force, but not only has low costs, basically no need to pay compensation, or only very little reward, it is extremely cost-effective, and is also engaged in the most difficult work. Not to mention Japanese workers' development in the Northeast, the prisoners of the two countries are basically not in mainland China. Some of them were sent to Borneo for development, and some were transported to Africa to work.

The environments in these places are very harsh and the conditions in all aspects are not good. Although the East China Government has also worked hard to ensure their logistics life, a large number of people died. In comparison, Japanese workers are better. After all, the Northeast region is only in the extreme winter climate and other seasons are not bad. In addition, Japanese workers work in the collective farm model, and in the ruling areas of the East China Government, the material guarantee and medical system are relatively complete. In addition, nearly half of Japanese workers are women, and the logistics work is arranged well, but that's the case, more than 40,000 people have died by this time.

Whether it is Borneo or Africa, they are tropical regions. They are extremely unfriendly to the Russians in terms of climate. They are far away from mainland China, and their supplies and medical care are much worse, so the mortality rate is even higher. More than 70,000 people have died. However, after more than four years of development, the preliminary development of Northeast, Borneo and Africa has achieved considerable results. Whether it is work or living conditions, medical security has been greatly improved. In the future, the mortality rate of workers working in these areas will be greatly reduced. But at present, the East China government will never give up these workers and be captured.

Of course, the East China Government cannot tell the International Red Cross that it still needs these free labor, but rather that these prisoners are all invaders. They committed crimes on Chinese territory and were tried by the East China Government. Their current job is their sentences, so they must wait until the sentence expires before they can be released. The prisoners' sentences are at least 10 years, and the maximum is 20 years. Otherwise, where is the judicial majesty of the East China Government? As for Japanese labor, the East China Government insists that they came to China to work voluntarily and do not bear humanitarian issues at all.

In this way, the two sides naturally couldn't continue to talk, so the negotiations became stalemate. In the end, the East China Government came up with a way to break up, that is, the East China Government established its own Red Cross and acted in accordance with the rules of the International Red Cross. However, it did not apply to join the International Red Cross. The International Red Cross did not recognize that the East China Government's Red Cross was its official member and each did its own thing. After the two sides agreed, they would seek to join.
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