Joint Statement during the First Round of the INB Public Hearings

The World Health Assembly Special Session (WHASS) which took place in December 2021 established an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.

In the decision establishing the INB, the WHA also requested the WHO Director-General to hold public hearings to inform its deliberations.

The first round of hearings held in April 2022. WFPHA provided a joint statement on substantive elements of a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response.