The EU has high hopes that the groundwork for a future international treaty on pandemics can be laid during the special session of the World Health Assembly, which will be convened from 29 November to 1 December, but it is not certain that this will happen.
The only item on the agenda for this session is examining the merits of developing a WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response with the aim of establishing an intergovernmental...