The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that their member states have reached and adopted a Pandemic Agreement at the 78th World Health Assembly.
The goal of the agreement is to protect the world from future pandemics. No voting party objected the agreement, according to WHO. Another aim is to make sure countries have “equitable and timely access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.”
WHO cited the agreement in a press release:
Regarding national sovereignty, the Agreement states that: “Nothing in the WHO Pandemic Agreement shall be interpreted as providing the Secretariat of the World Health Organization, including the Director-General of the World Health Organization, any authority to direct, order, alter or otherwise prescribe the national and/or domestic law, as appropriate, or policies of any Party, or to mandate or otherwise impose any requirements that Parties take specific actions, such as ban or accept travelers, impose vaccination mandates or therapeutic or diagnostic measures or implement lockdowns.”
