Held from 15-16 May 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, a World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Meeting sought to finalize negotiations on the pandemic influenza preparedness framework.
The meeting ended with the understanding that there was agreement on most elements of the framework, however “further work needs to be undertaken on some key remaining elements.” During discussions, […]
Held from 15-16 May 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, a World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Meeting sought to finalize negotiations on the pandemic influenza preparedness framework.
The meeting ended with the understanding that there was agreement on most elements of the framework, however “further work needs to be undertaken on some key remaining elements.” During discussions, Brazil read the Declaration that the the Group of Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries made during the seventh meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held from 2-8 April 2009, in Paris, France. The Declaration recognized the sovereign right of States over their biological resources and that viruses and other pathogenic organisms are included in the scope of the CBD, noting that WHO negotiations should be consistent with the CBD objectives and shall not prejudge the outcome of the CBD ABS negotiations. The EU and the US responded that there is no linkage between the CBD and the WHO negotiations.
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Third World Network Info Service, 26 May 2009