Towards a Global Pandemic Treaty
Towards a Global Pandemic Treaty

Author(s): Szymon Zaręba
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law, Globalization
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Global pandemic; COVID-19; Treaty; WHO;
Summary/Abstract: The EU, the World Health Organisation (WHO), and a group of countries are calling for a treaty to create an effective system to prevent future pandemics. The initiative is ambitious, but its broad scope may make it difficult for the proposal to be universally accepted. The priorities of the countries negotiating such a treaty should be to improve the effectiveness of the exchange and verification of information on public health threats and the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with adopted regulations. Given the global nature of challenges such as COVID-19, it is in Poland’s interest to join the debate on new regulations.

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