APRIL 2025

• 7-11 and 15 April: Resumed session of the Thirteenth meeting of the INB (Final report)

• ​16 April: Final text for the proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement

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MARCH 2025

• 26 March: Onscreen draft text for the WHO Pandemic Agreement reflecting progress up to Friday 21 February with Bureau proposed text on outstanding provisions to support the negotiations for INB 13 resumed 

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FEBRUARY 2025

• 6 February: Onscreen draft text for the WHO Pandemic Agreement reflecting progress up to Friday 6th December with Bureau proposed text on outstanding provisions to support the negotiations for INB13

• ​17-21 February: Thirteenth meeting of the INB (Interim report)

• 21 February: Onscreen draft text for the WHO Pandemic Agreement reflecting progress up to Friday 21 February

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DECEMBER 2024

• 2-6 December: Resumed session of the Twelfth meeting of the INB (Final report) 

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NOVEMBER 2024

• 4-15 November: Twelfth meeting of the INB (Interim report)

• ​15 November: Onscreen draft text for the WHO Pandemic Agreement​ reflecting progress up to Thursday 14th November

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SEPTEMBER 2024​

• 3-4 September: Interactive Dialogues on Article 12; on the complementarity between the amended IHR and the proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement; the legal architecture of the proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement; and on Articles 4 and 5 

  • Professor Suerie Moon made interventions during the sessions on Article 12:

    • First Webcast – Intervention at 2:00:30.

    • Second Webcast – Intervention at 2:40:12.

  • Professor Gian Luca Burci contributed several times during the session on legal architecture and complementarity in the third webcast:

    • Legal Architecture – Interventions at 17:26, 54:03, and 1:40:40.

    • Complementarity – Interventions at 2:41:20, 3:41:34, and 3:52:19.

• ​9-20 September: Eleventh meeting of the INB (Report)

• 20 September: Onscreen draft text for the WHO Pandemic Agreement reflecting progress up to Thursday 19th September

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JULY 2024

• 16-17 July: Tenth meeting of the INB (Report)

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JUNE 2024​​

• 1 June: A package of critical amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) adopted by the 77th WHA

• 1 June: Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response WHA77 decision

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MAY 2024

• 16-17 May: Resumed session of the Eighth meeting of the WGIHR (Final report)

• 20-24 May: Resumed session of the Ninth meeting of the INB and continuation of the drafting group (Report)

• 27 May - 1 June: Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly

• 27 May: Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) Report by the Director-General to WHA77

• 27 May: Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response Report by the Director-General to WHA77

• 28 May: Strengthening preparedness for and response to health emergencies through targeted amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) Draft resolution proposed by France, Indonesia, Kenya, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and the United States of America

• 28 May: WHO Pandemic Agreement Draft resolution proposed by the 47 Member States of the African Region 

• 28 May: WHO Pandemic Agreement Draft resolution proposed by Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Haiti, and Pakistan

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APRIL 2024​

• 17 April: The Proposed Bureau’s text for WGIHR8 Meeting was released.

• 22 April: The Proposal for negotiating text​​ of the WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“WHO CA+”) was released.

• 22-26 April: Eighth meeting of the WGIHR (Interim report)

• 29 April - 10 May: Resumed session of the Ninth meeting of the INB and continuation of the drafting group (Interim report)

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​MARCH 2024​

• 8 March: Resumed session WGIHR7 on Equity (articles 13a and 44a)

• 13 March: The Revised Draft Proposal for negotiating text​ of the WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“WHO CA+”) was released.

• 18-28 March: Ninth meeting of the INB and continuation of the drafting group (Interim report)

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FEBRUARY 2024

• 5–9 February: Seventh meeting of the WGIHR (Interim report, final report)

• 8-18 February: New draft proposals for negotiating text of the WHO pandemic agreement

• 19 February-1 March: Eighth meeting of the INB and continuation of the drafting group (Report)

• 23 February: Joint plenary session held by WGIHR and INB

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DECEMBER 2023​

• 4-6 December: Seventh meeting of the INB (Report)

• 7-8 December: Sixth meeting of the WGIHR (Report)

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NOVEMBER 2023

• 6-10 November: Seventh meeting of the INB and continuation of the drafting group (The Geneva Graduate Institute's Global Health Centre participated in the event and delivered a statement, which can be found here.)

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OCTOBER 2023

• 2-6 October: Fifth meeting of the WGIHR (Report)

• The Proposal for negotiating text of the WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“WHO CA+”) was released.

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SEPTEMBER 2023

• 4-6 & 22 September: Intergovernmental Negotiating Body Drafting Group meeting (Interim report, final report)

• 20 September: UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (Political Declaration, final text as of 1 September 2023)

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JULY 2023

• 17-21 July: Sixth meeting of the INB and continuation of meetings of the drafting group (Final report available here)

• 21 and 24 July:  Joint plenary meetings of the INB/WGIHR

• 24-28 July: Fourth meeting of the WGIHR (Final report available here)

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JUNE 12-16, 2023: INB 5 Resumed Session

• The resumed session of the fifth meeting of the INB was held from 12-16 June 2023 in a hybrid format.

• According to the report of the meeting, the INB adopted Bureau’s text as a basis for further work after Member States and relevant stakeholders provided general comments in the opening plenary session of the meeting.

• The Drafting Group discussed Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. The meeting agreed to consider the articles through informal meetings of the drafting group, and two informal meetings on Article 9 were held on the sidelines of the meeting.

• The INB agreed to hold intersessional informal meetings in advance of the INB 6 on Articles 9, 12, and 13. 

• It was noted that a joint plenary session of the INB and WGIHR would be held on 21 and 24 of July 2023.

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JUNE 5, 2023: UNGA High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response

• The Zero Draft of the Political Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response was released.

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MAY 24, 2023: INB

• The draft Bureau's text of the WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“WHO CA+”) was released. 

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MAY 21-30, 2023: Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly

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MAY 8-9, 2023: Multi-stakeholder Hearing on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (New York)

• The United Nations organized an interactive multi-stakeholder hearing on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response in preparation for the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on the same topic that will be held on September 20, 2023 in New York (concept note and program).

• The hearing aimed to gather views from all stakeholders and to identify urgent actions and investments needed in all sectors to prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics. It also aimed to identify how the political declaration of the HLM can provide political support to the ongoing processes in Geneva and bring focus to the multi-sectoral nature of pandemics.

• The Geneva Graduate Institute's Global Health Centre participated in the event and delivered a statement, which can be found here.

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