WHO members reach accord ‘in principle’ over how to tackle future pandemics
WHO members on Saturday reached an accord “in principle” over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told AFP.
“We have an accord in principle”, and the final accord will have to be okayed by the various member states, Anne-Claire Amprou, who is also France’s representative at the World Health Organization, said.
The organisation’s 194 member states have been negotiating over an agreement that could increase collaboration before and during pandemics after acknowledged failures during COVID-19.
The United States, which was slow to join the early talks, left the discussions this year after President Donald Trump issued an executive order in February withdrawing from the WHO and barring participation in the talks.
