At the upcoming WHO annual meeting in Geneve, Switzerland, the draft treaty will be officially adopted. After being ratified by at least 60 member states, the treaty will take effect.
The WHO Treaty on Disease Prevention and Control is a response to the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has caused severe damage, forcing the whole world to realize the need for independent action and cooperation to prevent future pandemics.
This treaty is the result of changes in awareness and action, aiming to protect the future of humanity and countries and territories around the world.
For the WHO, achieving this treaty is of special significance. On the one hand, it shows that WHO has proactively overcome the weaknesses and shortcomings revealed in the COVID-19 response and acted worthy of the WHO's noble historical mission, worthy of being the world's reliable support in handling everything related to human health and health on earth.
The birth of this treaty is very necessary for the world, it is not too early but it is not necessarily too late. On the other hand, achieving this treaty at the present time and in the context of the current world political situation is beneficial and has a very positive impact on the WHO.
The new US administration has decided to withdraw the US from the WHO. The US contributes a lot of finance to WHO's activities, so WHO faces many difficulties and disadvantages when the US is outside WHO.
The above treaty helps WHO have evidence showing that even if the US is no longer a WHO member, WHO is still determined and has enough capacity in practice to fulfill WHO's noble historical mission.
This treaty focuses on preventing and giving early warnings about the pandemic and coordinating actions among members to respond to the pandemic in the most timely, effective and even way. Therefore, the treaty attaches special importance to information exchange between WHO members and ensures that all members have timely and adequate access to resources, medicines, vaccines and medical equipment necessary for prevention and response to the pandemic.
Similarly, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation in research, development and technology transfer to be able to take advantage of all common and private resources of countries and territories around the world with the highest practical efficiency, especially in research and manufacturing vaccines, pharmaceuticals, medicines and necessary medical equipment.
WHO considers the treaty historic. Taking this view both in term and in substance is not an exaggeration if the treaty is fully and strictly implemented by WHO members.
