The risk of not having a place in the global disease warning network is reflected in Resolution 107 passed by the WHO Executive Board in 2001, which reads in part: "The need for international cooperation on epidemic alert and response is greater today than ever before due to increased population movements, growth in international trade and biological products, changes in methods of food processing, and social and environmental changes."
台灣在全球疾病監測系統缺席的危險，正呼應了 WHO 執委會在二○○一年通過的一○七號決議文：由於快速增加的人口流動、國際貿易、生物食品的成長、食物製程的改變，以及社會環境的變遷，今天國際間在流行病警訊及回應上的合作，比以往任何時候都來得重要。