The United Nations body has reached a decisive milestone after the UNGA pandemic prevention declaration was officially adopted by a 153-to-3 vote. The non-binding political text outlines a comprehensive, science-guided agenda to establish a highly coordinated international response to future pandemic threats. While high-level disputes over the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system annex have temporarily slowed final consensus, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus strongly urged nations to fulfill their commitments to ratify the overarching Pandemic Agreement into binding international law.
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