SC Statement to IGWG5 on the WHO Pandemic Agreement, 9 February 2026
South Centre Statement to IGWG5 on the WHO Pandemic Agreement
9 February 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) is reconvening to negotiate a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) System to make operational Article 12 of the WHO Pandemic Agreement, concluded in May 2025 but requiring conclusion of the PABS to move towards ratifications. The Fifth Meeting of the IGWG (IGWG5) will meet from 9-14 February 2026, and the negotiations are meant to conclude by May 2026.
The South Centre has made a statement to the IGWG5 highlighting the imbalance in the current Bureau text. The statement of the South Centre is reproduced below.
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South Centre Statement to IGWG5 on the WHO Pandemic Agreement
This article was tagged: ABS, Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS), Health, Inter-Governmental Working Group (IGWG), Pandemic, Pandemic Agreement, Pandemics, Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS), Technology Transfer, World Health Organization (WHO)
