South Centre
The World Health Organization (WHO) has resumed the negotiations for a legally binding international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The goal is to conclude the negotiations in time for adoption by a special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in December 2024, or at the Seventy-eighth WHA in May 2025.
The Group of Equity in the negotiations taking place in an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) brings together a large number of developing countries.
Click here for the statement delivered by Malaysia on behalf of the Group of Equity at the opening of the 12th session of the INB on 4 November: