May 20 (UPI) — The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it has officially adopted the first-ever “Pandemic Agreement” to prevent future pandemics.
The member states voted 124-0 in favor of the agreement, which it said “sets out principles, approaches and tools” to increase international coordination “in order to strengthen the global health architecture for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.”
“The world is safer today thanks to the leadership, collaboration and commitment of our member states to adopt the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “The agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action. It will ensure we, collectively, can better protect the world from future pandemic threats. It is also a recognition by the international community that our citizens, societies and economies must not be left vulnerable to again suffer losses like those endured during COVID-19.”
The 33-page Agreement is based on an objective that states its purpose is to “prevent, prepare for and respond to pandemics,” and calls on WHO members to “progressively strengthen measures and capacities for pandemic prevention and coordinated multisectoral surveillance.”
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