The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics. It could be a hard sell
At a special session this week, the World Health Organization hopes to start sketching out a new world order. "We don't have rules of the game," says WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
by Jason Beaubien
Nov 28, 2021
2 minutes
The World Health Organization is convening a special session of its governing body, the World Health Assembly, to start talks on a new global treaty covering pandemics. Representatives of WHO's 194 member states will meet virtually for three days starting on Monday to consider new international rules for handling future outbreaks.
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says the world has not worked well
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