‘Agreement on Principles of Preventing Pandemic Recurrence’ in WHO International Agreement Draft

, ‘The World Health Organization (WHO) made a dramatic progress in negotiations in the final stages to create international norms for preparing for a pandemic resurgence similar to COVID-19, reaching a ‘principled agreement’ on the draft content.’,
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, ‘Local time on the 19th, the WHO announced that the practical group organized to prepare a draft amendment to the International Health Regulations (IHR) agreed in principle on the draft content at a meeting the previous day.’,
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, ‘The IHR amendment will contain various norms for the international community to respond effectively and swiftly when a pandemic of infectious disease occurs that can cause a global health crisis.’,
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, ‘WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “This agreement is historic, and we thank all member countries for their unwavering commitment.”’,

, ‘The draft must be submitted to the 77th World Health Assembly to be held in Geneva, Switzerland on the 27th, and the dramatic agreement was reached with less than ten days left before the assembly.’,

, ‘Due to differences in national income levels and health capacities, negotiations on the draft were not smooth throughout.’,
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, ‘Issues such as intellectual property rights for vaccines and treatments, as well as principles of distribution, were contentious points that countries found difficult to compromise on.’,

, ‘In reality, while the practical group agreed on the fundamental direction of the draft content, they still need to refine the details until right before the assembly.’,

, ‘WHO stated, “Negotiating parties plan to meet again next week to finish work on several remaining issues.”’,
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, ‘[Photo source: Yonhap News]’,
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