WHO member states agree to draft international pandemic accord

World Health Organization member states have agreed to have the first draft of an international pandemic treaty ready for discussion by February 2023.The agreement would legally require countries to prepare for and respond to future pandemics better and “represents a major milestone in the path towards making the world safer,” said co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) Bureau, Roland Driece.Driece is one of six delegates from the six WHO regions that make up the INB Bureau, which is tasked with creating the draft. WHO officials said that the agreement will be rooted in the organisation’s constitution and designed to promote global health equity, preparedness, and solidarity, while respecting national sovereignty.WHOs 194 member states agreed to create an international convention governing how governments must respond to global health threats at a special session of the World Health Assembly in December 2021. The impulse behind the convention was to ensure that…
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