The member nations of the World Health Organization approved an agreement on Tuesday to better stop, plan for, and react to upcoming pandemics in the wake of the devastation caused by the coronavirus. The WHO’s monthly assembly, which was debated and developed over three centuries, received sustained applause in a Geneva house where it was held without incident. The agreement guarantees that nations that reveal virus samples will get tests, medicines, and vaccines. Up to 20 % of these goods may be provided to the WHO to allow poorer nations to obtain them when the next pandemic occurs. The deal has been hailed as “historic” and a sign of internationalism, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a time when some nations prioritize national interests over shared values and cooperation. The head of a commission that paved the way for Tuesday’s implementation, Dr. Esperance Luvindao, Namibia’s health minister, claimed that the COVID-19 crisis had caused significant harm to people’s lives, lives, and economy. We as sovereign states have committed to unite as one planet, to protect our children, mothers, frontline health workers, and all others from the next pandemic, Luvindao added. It is our duty and obligation to the humanity. Because the United States, which invested billions in quick work by pharmaceutical companies to create COVID-19 vaccines, is stumbling along, and because countries are subject to no sanctions if they ignore it, a prevalent problem in international law, the treaty’s performance will experience uncertainties. After the Trump administration announced a US handover from the WHO and money for the organization in January, the US, usually the best donation to the UN health company, was not a part of the final stages of the contract process.
