WHO WATCH: Pandemic Agreement Intergovernmental Working Group Meeting | Sep. 16

The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement will be conducted in hybrid format during 15–19 September 2025, and will start with a publicly webcast session with the participation of Relevant Stakeholders at 09:00 CEST. The working hours are provided in the draft programme of work. The proceedings will be live streamed on the WHO website.

‘In May 2025, the World Health Assembly adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement under Article 19 of the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. Through resolution WHA78.1, the Health Assembly established an open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) to undertake several tasks.

‘These include, as a priority, drafting and negotiating an annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system to enable safe, transparent and accountable access and benefit-sharing for PABS materials and sequence information. The Assembly decided that the outcome of this work would be submitted to the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly in 2026 for its consideration.’

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