Under the theme of “Bioethics, Sustainable Development and Societies”, this Summit focused on the following topics: Bioethics, social justice and civil society, Bioethics in electronic data era, Bioethics, health emergencies and resilience. There were participants from 71 countries. The participants in the 12th Global Summit of National Ethics/Bioethics Committees agreed on a joint “Call for Action”. WHO welcomes this statement.