WHO has approved the pandemic agreement: what is it about
The agreement is aimed at preventing and response in the case of pandemic
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The participants of the World Health Organization approved the Pandemia Agreement. The document aims to improve joint actions to prevent, prepare and respond to future medical calls.
The contract stipulates that countries should exchange viruses, receive tests, medicines and vaccines. Up to 20% of such products will be transferred by WHO, which will provide access to the poorer countries in the event of the next pandemic.
At the annual WHO Assembly in Geneva, the decisions were met with long applause, informs Associated Press.
In the organization They saythat the arrangements managed to reach after three years of « intensive negotiations ».
The prerequisite for the agreements was the Covid-19 pandemic, during which the states were reacting differently to threats. According to Esperan Luvindao, the chairman of the committee who worked on the agreement, a large -scale outbreak of coronavirus disease caused huge losses with « life, means of existence and economy. »
« We, as a sovereign states, decided to combine efforts to get the opportunity to protect our children, the elderly, medical workers and all others from the next pandemic. It is our duty and responsibility to humanity »– the WHO official emphasized.
The General Director of the Organization Tedros Gebreesus called the « historical » agreement.
« Now that the agreement has come into force, we must all act with the same urgency in order to introduce its critical elements.
WHO Agreement on Pandemia offers a unique opportunity to use lessons learned from this crisis and to provide better protection of people around the world in the event of a pandemic in the future « – added the WHO chairman.
The Associated Press believes that the effectiveness of the contract may face difficulties due to the latest US policy that has invested billions in rapid vaccines against Covid-19.
Journalists also point out that WHO member states can not apply any punishment if they ignore agreements that are « a common problem in international law. »
Recall that in January 2025 US President Donald Trump announced Entrance Countries from WHO next year. He accused the organization of the wrong decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic and excessive influence of the participating countries.
Subsequently the same decision They approved in Argentina, whose President Trump considers his close ally.
Later in the media appeared that the US Presidential Administration is considering ways to reform WHO, in particular by appointing an American in 2027 to the post of CEO.
