WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION:

Public hearings regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response: written component.     

Written contributions to the first round of public hearings are welcome from all interested parties, including the general public and all interested stakeholders.             

Written contributions to the first round of public hearings should respond to the guiding question, which is: “What substantive elements do you think should be included in a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response?” 

Please note that written submissions must be submitted by 17:00 CEST on Wednesday 13 April 2022.                                                                                                                                                    

https://inb.who.int/home/written-submissions           

Please address the following issues in your own words:                          

1. National and local leadership retain full autonomy, reserving the right to make decisions based on what is best for their own people.

2. The ability of nations and local municipalities to opt out of any and all portions of the agreement as they see fit, without consequence.

3. An open and transparent process with the ability for all people of the world to vote on including failsafe measures that will prevent the application of the global agreement in places where a majority of the people do not want it.

4. Measures that do not allow for influence in the process by any and all pharmaceutical companies or other global health profiteers.