It is exciting that when it appears that the world cannot agree on anything and rocks are thrown with abandon to stop consensus and globalisation is dismantled with such rapidity that baffles all peoples even though no one should really be surprised because there were lots of events to indicate chaos was in the air, I think that what has happened at the on-going World Health Assembly in WHO Headquarters, Geneva, perhaps, gives every person on earth something to ‘keep hope alive’ that humanity can still largely collaborate and save itself when called upon. it is heartwarming. Read on :
‘WHO NEWS RELEASE: Tuesday, 20 May 2025
World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics
- Agreement’s adoption follows 3 years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response.
- Agreement boosts global collaboration to ensure stronger, more equitable response to future pandemics.
- Next steps include negotiations on Pathogen Access and Benefits Sharing system.
20 May 2025 - Geneva: Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world's first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by the goal of making the world safer from – and more equitable in response to – future pandemics.
“The world is safer today thanks to the leadership, collaboration and commitment of our Member States to adopt the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action. It will ensure we, collectively, can better protect the world from future pandemic threats. It is also a recognition by the international community that our citizens, societies and economies must not be left vulnerable to again suffer losses like those endured during COVID-19.”
Governments adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement today in a plenary session of the World Health Assembly, WHO’s peak decision-making body. The adoption followed yesterday’s approval of the Agreement by vote (124 in favour, 0 objections, 11 abstentions) in Committee by Member State delegations.
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