世界卫生组织成员国政府在日内瓦WHO总部召开会议，同意继续推进拟议的全球大流行病协议谈判工作，并在5月27日开始的第77届世界卫生大会前进一步完善草案 [1]。各国就全球病原体获取和惠益分享、大流行病预防和单一卫生以及财务协调等关键问题进行了混合和面对面讨论 [1]。
经过超过两年的密集谈判 [1]，各国政府正在推动达成具有法律约束力的协议。WHO总干事谭德塞表示，各国承诺打造"世代协议"保护世界免受COVID-19大流行恐怖重演 [1]。大流行病协议谈判机构主席团共同主席Precious Matsoso（南非）表示，这是首次为大流行病预防、防备和应对制定拟议协议的过程 [1]。共同主席Roland Driece（荷兰）强调，世界必须为下一场大流行病做好更充分准备 [1]。
该进程始于2021年3月，当时二十多个国家的国家首脑和政府签署了承诺声明 [1]，随后在2021年12月，世界卫生组织成员国正式决定启动全球进程制定这一协议 [1]。
Governments meeting at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva have agreed to continue intensive negotiations on a proposed global pandemic agreement, with plans to refine the draft before the 77th World Health Assembly begins on May 27, 2024.[1] The discussions, conducted in both hybrid and in-person formats, addressed key issues including global pathogen access and benefit-sharing, pandemic prevention and One Health approaches, and financial coordination mechanisms.[1]
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that countries have committed to forging a "generational agreement" to protect the world from a repeat of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Roland Driece, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) steering committee from the Netherlands, emphasized that the world must be far better prepared for the next pandemic.[1] The negotiation process, which represents the first time governments have undertaken efforts to develop a binding agreement specifically for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, has followed more than two years of intensive talks.[1] This initiative traces back to March 2021, when leaders from more than twenty countries signed a commitment statement, and was formally launched in December 2021 when WHO member states decided to establish a global process for developing a legally binding agreement.[1]