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The head of the World Health Organisation today urged countries to agree to an accord to help fight future pandemics as negotiations approach a deadline this month. — Reuters picGENEVA, May 3 — The head of the World Health Organisation today urged countries to agree to an accord to help fight future pandemics as negotiations approach a deadline this month.
Countries are due to finalise negotiations on the accord on May 10, with a view to adopting it at the WHO’s annual meeting later this month, but sources involved say that big differences remain.“Give the people of the world, the people of your countries, the people you represent, a safer future,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a Geneva meeting.
One of the main points of disagreement between wealthy countries and developing states is the vexed issue of sharing drugs and vaccines fairly to avoid a repeat of Covid-era failures.Some right-wing politicians in countries like the United States and Australia have also criticised the accord, which would be legally binding, arguing that it cedes too much power to a UN agency.
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