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Description
Following more than three years of intensive negotiations within the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB), the successful adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement marks a historic achievement in global health governance and multilateral diplomacy. This legally binding international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reflects a collective global effort to strengthen international cooperation and resilience against the risk of future pandemics.
This public event is designed to serve as a moment of reflection and forward-looking dialogue. It offers a platform to critically examine the content of the Pandemic Agreement, draw lessons from the negotiation process and hear insights from those who played key roles in shaping this historic outcome.
Looking forward, the event will also explore the next phases—focusing on what lies ahead as the global community turns to the vital task of putting the Agreement into action through effective implementation and further negotiation of the annex on the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) System.
A reception will follow the event from 14:00-15:00 CEST in the atrium of Petal 2 (ground floor, Geneva Graduate Institute).
Speakers
- Gian Luca Burci | Academic Advisor, Global Health Centre, Senior Visiting Professor, International Law, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Ambassador Amprou | French Ambassador for Global Health and Co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
- Ambassador Bhatia | Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
- Ambassador Gallón | Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
- Viviana Muñoz-Tellez | Coordinator, Health, Intellectual Property and Biodiversity Programme, South Centre
Closing remarks by Ambassador Angell-Hansen | Board Member, Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB)
Moderated by Eloise Todd | Co-Founder and Executive Director, Pandemic Action Network
Organised by
The Global Health Centre's Governing Pandemics Initiative and International Geneva Global Health Platform, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, and the Pandemic Action Network.
