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Friday, 10 May 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY
Open session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response
When: Friday, 10 May 2024
Subject: INB negotiations by Member States for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response will be available to view in an open plenary session.
During this session, it is expected that the Bureau of the INB will discuss their report of the latest negotiations, and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus may address the INB. The open session will be broadcast later today and we invite interested media to monitor the below link for when the session begins as the exact time has not been set. Further updates to come.
Watch here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/04/29/default-calendar/ninth-meeting-of-the-intergovernmental-negotiating-body-(inb)-for-a-who-instrument-on-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-resumed]
Background
In December 2021, the World Health Assembly established an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body [https://inb.who.int/] (INB) to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument under the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
The ninth meeting of the INB resumed on 29 April in hybrid format and continues until 10 May 2024 to discuss a new pandemic instrument. Representatives of WHO’s 194 Member States are attending.
More information here [https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/04/29/default-calendar/ninth-meeting-of-the-intergovernmental-negotiating-body-(inb)-for-a-who-instrument-on-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-resumed].
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