Thread by @WHO

LIVE: Closing of the #WHASpecial with @DrTedros twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

"I welcome the decision you have adopted today, to establish an intergovernmental negotiating body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response..."-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #PandemicTreaty

@DrTedros "...with a view to adoption under Article 19, or under other provisions of the WHO Constitution as may be deemed appropriate by the intergovernmental negotiating body"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #PandemicTreaty

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1465982524451168260?s=20

@DrTedros "I welcome your commitment to an inclusive, transparent and efficient process, led by Member States and based on consensus"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #PandemicTreaty

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1465982524451168260?s=20

@DrTedros "I welcome your commitment to hold the 1st meeting of the INB no later than the first of March 2022, & to submit its outcome for consideration to the World Health Assembly in 2024.
And I give you my commitment that the Secretariat will support this process"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

@DrTedros "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲"-@DrTedros

#WHASpecial #PandemicTreaty

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1465982524451168260?s=20

@DrTedros "Of course, there is still a long road ahead. There are still differences of opinion about what a new accord could or should contain.
But you have proven to each other & the 🌍 that differences can be overcome, & common ground can be found"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #PandemicTreaty

@DrTedros "The International Health Regulations (IHR) remain an essential governance tool for the prevention, preparedness, detection & response to public health emergencies. We continue to urge all Member States to implement & abide by the provisions of the IHR"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros "At the same time, the pandemic has exposed shortcomings in the application and implementation of the IHR that I believe are best addressed with a convention, agreement or other international instrument"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #PandemicTreaty

@DrTedros "And as we work together to strengthen the architecture of global health security, I urge all Member States to confront the inescapable truth that we cannot do that without strengthening WHO"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

@DrTedros "In 2 weeks’ time, the Working Group on Sustainable Financing will reconvene, as it prepares to deliver its final report to the Executive Board & next year’s Assembly. The report includes recommendations that will improve WHO’s effectiveness, 💲 governance & impact"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros "As Chancellor Merkel outlined in her remarks on Monday, increasing assessed contributions to 50% of the base programme budget will be a game changer"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1465674906876755975?s=20

@DrTedros "Even as we look to the future, we must remain focused on the present.

I have one simple request for all Member States: 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #COVID19

@DrTedros "As we mark #WorldAIDSDay, we are reminded that more than 40 years into the global AIDS epidemic, we still have no vaccine and no cure for this disease.

2 years into the #COVID19 pandemic, we have not one but many vaccines, and many other effective tools"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

@DrTedros "Just in the past week, this virus has demonstrated that it will not simply disappear.

How many more lives and livelihoods it takes is up to us.

Ending the #COVID19 pandemic is not a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1465314190772641792?s=20

@DrTedros "I call on all Member States to choose to achieve our targets of vaccinating 40% of the population of every country by the end of this year, and 70% by the middle of next year"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #VaccinEquity

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1456334648246669316?s=20

@DrTedros "I call on those countries that have already reached 70% to choose to swap your vaccine delivery schedules with COVAX and AVAT, as Switzerland has just done"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #VaccinEquity

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1464187019236675588?s=20

@DrTedros "I call on all Member States to choose to remove every barrier to scaling up vaccine production, by sharing technology and know-how, and by supporting a waiver of intellectual property rights"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #VaccinEquity

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1448028077179670537?s=20

@DrTedros "I call on those countries that have promised to donate vaccines to choose to make good on those promises, as urgently as possible"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #VaccinEquity

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1428979808495624199?s=20

@DrTedros "I call on Member States to choose to fully fund the @ACTAccelerator, which needs $23.4 billion over the next 12 months to get tests, treatments and vaccines to where they are needed most"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #ACTogether

@DrTedros @ACTAccelerator "I call on every Member State to choose a comprehensive, tailored, layered combination of proven public health and social measures to reduce transmission, reduce the pressure on your health systems, and save lives"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial #COVID19

@DrTedros @ACTAccelerator "I call on all Member States to focus on strengthening and optimizing clinical pathways, from primary to intensive care, ensuring the right patient get the right care at the right time, & that #healthworkers are supported & protected while doing their life-saving work"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros @ACTAccelerator "I call on all Member States to intensify and target risk communication, strengthen community engagement, empowerment and support, addressing community concerns, combating misinformation and building trust"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

@DrTedros @ACTAccelerator "I call on every Member State to choose to increase surveillance, testing, sequencing and reporting, and to refrain from penalizing countries that do, in compliance with the International Health Regulations"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

@DrTedros @ACTAccelerator "And I call on all Member States to choose to commit to strengthening your WHO, especially by supporting the proposals of the Working Group on Sustainable Financing"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

@DrTedros @ACTAccelerator "We are one humanity.

We have one planet.

We have one health.

And we have one WHO. Your WHO"-@DrTedros #WHASpecial

@DrTedros @ACTAccelerator The full remarks by @DrTedros at the closing of the #WHASpecial ⬇️
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