{"id":12236,"date":"2024-01-22T09:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=12236"},"modified":"2024-01-22T09:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:36:20","slug":"who-chief-warns-pandemic-accord-hangs-in-the-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/22\/who-chief-warns-pandemic-accord-hangs-in-the-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Chief Warns Pandemic Accord Hangs In The Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA,\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0(AFP)\u2014 The head of the World Health Organization voiced fears Monday that countries will fail to strike a pandemic preparedness agreement by May, saying \u201cfuture generations may not forgive us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO\u2019s 194 member states are negotiating an international accord aimed at ensuring countries are better equipped to deal with the next health catastrophe, or to prevent it altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The plan was to seal the agreement at the 2024 annual meeting of the World Health Assembly, the WHO\u2019s decision-making body, which convenes on May 27.<\/p>\n<p>But WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said time was running out \u2014 and if nobody is prepared to budge, the whole project risks going nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>At the opening of the WHO\u2019s executive board meeting in Geneva, Tedros reminded countries that world leaders at the UN General Assembly had agreed a commitment to resolve negotiations on the pandemic accord, and amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), by May this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must say I\u2019m concerned that member states may not meet that commitment. Time is very short. And there are several outstanding issues that remain to be resolved,\u201d Tedros said.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to deliver the\u00a0agreement would be \u201ca missed opportunity for which future generations may not forgive us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will take courage and it will take compromise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge all member states to work with urgency and purpose to reach consensus on a strong agreement that will help to protect our children and grandchildren from future pandemics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WHO member states decided in December 2021 to launch the negotiating and drafting process for a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.<\/p>\n<p>The accord would aim to ensure better global preparedness and a more equitable response for future pandemics.<\/p>\n<p>Tedros declared an end to COVID-19 as an international public health emergency in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO\u2019s governance is split between director-general Tedros, the World Health Assembly and the executive board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>GENEVA,\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0(AFP)\u2014 The head of the World Health Organization voiced fears Monday that countries will fail to strike a pandemic preparedness agreement by May, saying \u201cfuture generations may not forgive us\u201d. 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