Countries set out way forward for negotiations on global agreement to protect world from future pandemic emergencies
Countries of the World Health Organization have mapped out how negotiations on a global accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response will move forward with a view to presenting a draft accord for approval by the World Health Assembly in May 2024.
Ending Thursday, April 6th, discussions on the draft pandemic accord took place during the fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), which includes WHO’s 194 countries.
Countries agreed to keep a window open for additional written proposals until April 22 and that those proposals will be compiled with all others made over recent weeks into a package that will be made available to all drafting group participants.
The INB Bureau will then provide by May 22, in addition to this package for consideration of the Drafting Group, a Bureau’s Text, including options where feasible, based on all submissions received and included in the compilation document.
The Drafting Group of the INB will then meet in June to continue negotiations.
