UNGA Adopts Pandemic Declaration with 153 Votes in Favour; US, Israel, Argentina Oppose
The declaration urges countries to finish a pathogen-sharing annex so the WHO Pandemic Agreement can be opened for signature.
- On Monday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding political declaration on pandemic prevention, passing with 153 votes in favor while the United States, Argentina, and Israel voted against.
- The United States and other nations blocked consensus approval on September 25, forcing a General Assembly vote; officials cited "divisive ideologies that lack definitional consensus" as grounds for their objection.
- Foreign Minister Winston Peters forced New Zealand to abstain despite majority Cabinet support, prompting Former Prime Minister Helen Clark to state the decision placed the nation in "outrageously bad company."
- World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the commitment, while Chile's representative emphasized that "no country, no matter how big it might be or how prepared it might be, can alone address a threat that knows no borders."
- The World Health Organization launched a five-year strategy on Monday to detect health threats within 24 hours, while the WHO Pandemic Agreement remains stalled pending completion of the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex.
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a “political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.” The declaration was […]
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a political declaration on prevention, response and proper preparation for the pandemic. 153 votes in favour, 3 against. 2 other countries, Paraguay and New Zealand, abstained.
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The United Nations General Assembly adopted a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, with 153 countries voting in favour, three against and two abstaining, after objections from the United States and a few other countries prevented the text from being approved by consensus.
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