Proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement

The Parties commit to identify and address the drivers of pandemics and the emergence and re- emergence of disease at the human-animal-environment interface through the introduction and integration of interventions into relevant pandemic prevention, preparedness and response plans. [...] The WHO PABS System shall have, at a minimum, the following components and elements: (a) The rapid, systematic and timely sharing of PABS Material and Information, and all relevant information, in accordance with modalities, terms and conditions to be determined and agreed; and (b) The fair, equitable and timely sharing of benefits, both monetary and non-monetary, arising from access to PABS Mater. [...] The Conference of the Parties shall, at its first meeting, define the structure and modalities of the Network, which shall aim at ensuring the following: (a) collaboration among the Parties and other relevant stakeholders during and between pandemics; (b) functions of the Network are discharged by the organizations best placed to perform them; (c) consideration of the needs of developing countries. [...] The interpretation and application of the WHO Pandemic Agreement shall be guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of the World Health Organization. [...] Depositary The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depositary of the WHO Pandemic Agreement and amendments thereto and of any protocols and annexes adopted in accordance with the terms of the WHO Pandemic Agreement.