A Statement from the Friends of the High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response 12 October 2026 New York: Today an overwhelming majority of Member States at the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Political Declaration as the outcome of the 25 September High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR). The Friends
24 August 2026 One hundred days after the emergency declarations, the Bundibugyo outbreak risks becoming the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response calls for a major acceleration of effort on public health measures, including community engagement and ownership, on financing, access to outbreak tools, and coordination of effort.
The next pandemic threat could arise anytime, in any country, and infect every region in a matter of days. Every government will have a duty to protect its population, and every government will have to rely on its global neighbours to do the same. Pathogens have no party affiliations or passports. As UN Member States
A Statement from HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, Co-Chairs of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response It is deeply regrettable that the operational details of the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) Annex could not be agreed in time for adoption at the next World Health Assembly later
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The PABS Annex is essential. Not only will it bring to life the provisions of Article 12 of the Pandemic Agreement, but it will open the Agreement as a whole for signing and ratification.
As H5N1 avian influenza surges in mammal populations and causes new human infections, and mpox is leading to deaths of children, the former Co-Chairs of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response warn that leaders have not done nearly enough to prepare for pandemic threats, leaving some eight billion people vulnerable.
