WHO WATCH: Virtual Press Conference on the 12th INB for a WHO Pandemic Agreement | Nov. 11

“The Co-Chairs of the Bureau supporting the WHO Member State-led negotiations for a WHO instrument to strengthen international pandemic prevention, preparedness and response will update the journalists on progress made during the latest round of negotiations and the next steps in the process.’

Speakers:

• Precious Matsoso, INB Bureau Co-Chair of South Africa
• Ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou, INB Bureau Co-Chair of France

‘The 12th meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) drafting a pandemic agreement started in Geneva on 4 November and will end on 15 November 2024. ‘In December 2021, a special session of the World Health Assembly established the INB to draft and negotiate a pandemic agreement. During the World Health Assembly on 1 June 2024, governments made concrete commitments to complete negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within a year.’