; and (8) the United States should encourage the development of organizational frameworks for pandemic health response through the C5+1 framework, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and other regional entities including the Southeast Asia One Health University Network, the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance, and the Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Disease Research. 202. Multilateral leadership and assistance to international organizations (a) Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States— (1) to elevate the role of multilateral institutions in leading a robust international response to COVID–19 by undertaking a range of actions at the United Nations, and by providing timely financial support to United Nations agencies responding to the pandemic; and (2) to provide United States assistance to the United Nations COVID–19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan, launched March 25, 2020, and engage other donor governments to increase funding for the United Nation’s effort to combat COVID–19 in the world's poorest and most vulnerable countries. (b) United States Government leadership In carrying out the policy under section (a), the President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to— (1) introduce a United Nations Security Council resolution to declare COVID–19 and all pandemics a threat to international peace and security and to require member states to address this threat by aligning their health preparedness frameworks with international best practices and those established by the GHSA to improve country capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats; (2) ensure that the World Health Organization plays an effective role in aligning member countries around a single strategic operating plan to detect, contain, treat, and deter the further spread of COVID–19