Press Release – Consensus On The Pandemic Agreement Is A Long Way Off And Time Is Running Short

The Seventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) took place in Geneva between 6th and 10th November 2023. You can follow proceedings for yourself at https://apps.who.int/gb/inb/e/e_inb-7.html. We have included the time stamps in brackets for ease of accessing the individual speakers. Note that the session is split into two parts. If time is short…

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Press Release – United Nations High Level Meeting On Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness And Response – 20th September 2023, United Nations HQ, New York

Dennis Francis, President of the 78th General Assembly, opened the High Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response. Alongside him sat the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed; the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom; Senior Managing Director of the World Bank Group, Mr Axel van Trotsenburg and the…

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Press Release – United Nations 78th Session Of The General Assembly – 19th September 2023

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, opened the General Debate. He warned of rising “geopolitical tensions” and the dangers of AI as well as the need for “global compromise”, renewed efforts around nuclear disarmament, the reformation of the Security Council and the redesign of international finance. He argued that G20 countries must “break their…

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