Who Pandemic Treaty May 2024. Member states reiterated that the world needs a pandemic agreement built on the principles of equity, sovereignty, and prevention, preparedness and response, and to ensure future generations are safeguarded from the threat of inevitable future pandemics. Experts have said it is highly likely the draft will go through numerous modifications before reaching its final version.

Countries around the globe have failed to reach consensus on the terms of a treaty that would unify the world in a strategy against the inevitable next pandemic,. Member states of the world health organization have agreed to a global process to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument.