Sustained applause echoed in a Geneva hall hosting the WHO’s annual assembly as the measure — debated and devised over three years — passed without opposition.

Accord aims to prevent repeat of disjointed response and international disarray that surrounded COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organization approved a groundbreaking pandemic accord aiming to boost global coordination, ensure equitable ...

Countries approved a landmark treaty on Tuesday that aims to avoid the mistakes of the COVID-19 pandemic in future global health crises. The treaty’s formal approval at the annual meeting of the ...

The WHO Pandemic Agreement shows that in a world full of division and conflicts, unity remains possible, and that ...

Last month, after more than three years of intensive negotiations, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) came together at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) in Geneva, Switzerland, ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement by the World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025 was a landmark moment in global health ...

The treaty’s formal approval at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) came after some late-breaking tension on Monday, when Slovakia challenged the treaty’s adoption by calling for ...

GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization ... that paved the way for Tuesday’s adoption, said that the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted huge costs “on lives, livelihoods and economies.” ...

aimed at avoiding a repeat of the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis, during the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland ...