Efforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on how to respond to next emergency
- Negotiations for a global pandemic agreement ended without a final deal, with countries aiming to continue the efforts.
- Talks progressed but faced obstacles.
- Key issues included access to pathogens and pandemic-fighting products, causing rich and poor nations to fail in creating a response plan.
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WHO Pandemic Agreement not achieved but Tedros still confident
World leaders were urged Monday to keep working toward an unprecedented agreement among nations that would give the World Health Organization (WHO) a stronger voice in fighting the next pandemic. The announcements came after negotiators failed to produce a draft of the agreement by the May 24 deadline, although talks are still ongoing and some form of pact is said to be on the table.
Pandemic Treaty Fails—For Now
The deadline for negotiations passed on Friday After two years of wrangling, negotiators from the World Health Organization’s 194 member nations failed to reach agreement on a so-called “pandemic treaty.” On Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director general, announced that the deadline for negotiation ahead of this week’s World Health Assembly had passed. The pandemic treaty would have included binding provisions for ratifying natio…
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