The EU has been an active and engaged partner in the negotiations towards such an agreement since the beginning. Please find below all documents related to this process:

1. Pandemic agreement

Commission services reflection paper, released on 1 September 2021:

• “Agreement on pandemic preparedness and response: an initial blueprint”: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-geneva/agreement-pandemic-preparedness-and-response-initial-blueprint_en?s=62

EU Statement delivered at the 3^rd Working Group on Strengthening WHO preparedness and response to health emergencies, held on 4 to 6 October 2021:

• https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-geneva/3rd-working-group-strengthening-who-preparedness-and-response-health_en?s=62

Documents related to the second special session of the World Health Assembly, held on 29 November to 1 December 2021:

• Press release EU Delegation to the UN in Geneva: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/world-health-assembly-paves-way-towards-pandemic-treaty_en
• Speech delivered by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_21_6423
• EU Statement delivered at the Special Session: https://apps.who.int/gb/statements/WHASSA2/PDF/EU-2.pdf

Substantive elements for a WHO international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response – Discussion notes (9 November 2022)

• Pandemic Agreement_ Discussion note on Preventing laboratory release.pdf
• Pandemic Agreement_ Discussion note on Preventing Zoonotic Spillover.pdf
• Pandemic agreement _Discussion note on detecting and reporting pandemic threats.pdf
• Pandemic agreement_Discussion note on AMR.pdf 

Documents related to the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body - INB 1:

• EU statement delivered on 24 February at the first meeting of the INB 2022: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-geneva/eu-statement-%E2%80%93-inb-1_en?s=62
• EU contribution to the identification of the substantive elements for a convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, as submitted to the INB Bureau on 29 April 2022:  https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-geneva/european-union-contribution-identification-substantive-elements-convention_en?s=62
• Written comments of the European Union on the “White Paper: draft annotated outline of a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” (A/INB/1/12), submitted to the INB on 24 June 2022

EU comments on INB Document A_INB_1_12.pdf

Documents related to the second meeting of the INB – INB 2:

• EU statement delivered at the second meeting of the INB held on 18 to 21 July 2022: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-geneva/eu-statement-inb-2-intergovernmental-negotiating-body-opening-remarks-eu-and_en?s=62

• Written comments prepared by the European Union and its Member States on the “Working draft of a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” (document A/INB/2/3), as submitted to the INB Bureau on 15 September 2022 INB2 - Working draft - written input by the EU and its MS.pdf

Documents related to the third meeting of the INB – INB 3

• EU statement delivered at the third meeting of the INB, held on 5 to 7 December 2022: INB 3 - Opening statement from the EU and its Member States with general comments.pdf
• Written comments prepared by the European Union and its Member States on the “Conceptual Zero draft” (document A/INB/3/3), as submitted to the INB Bureau on 7 December 2022 INB 3 - Conceptual Zero draft - Specific comments from the EU and EU MS.pdf

Documents related to the fourth and fifth meetings of the INB – INB 4 and INB 5:

• EU statement delivered at the fourth meeting of the INB, held on 27 February to 3 March

  INB 4 Opening statement from the EU and its Member States.pdf

• European Union initial textual proposals for an agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in view of the fifth meeting of the INB 5 (from 3 to 6 April 2023): 

         Rationale EU text proposals INB 28 March.pdf /Rationale EU texts proposals - French translation.

EUROPEAN UNION INITIAL TEXTUAL PROPOSALS FOR AN AGREEMENT ON PANDEMIC PREVENTION - 20 April

Factsheet_Pandemic_Agreement.pdf

Documents related to the seventh meeting of the INB – INB 7:

• EU drafting suggestions on the INB Bureau’s proposal for negotiating text

Documents related to the eight meeting of the INB – INB 8:

• EU drafting suggestions on the INB Bureau’s refined text proposals

Documents related to the ninth meeting of the INB – INB 9:

• EU drafting suggestions on the revised draft of the negotiating text of the Pandemic Agreement

Documents related to the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly – WHA 77:

• EU statement on the adoption of amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) delivered at the 77^th WHA held on 27 May - 1 June 2024

2. Amendments to the International Health Regulations

• Submission of proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005), pursuant to decision WHA75(9) of the World Health Assembly

Submission of proposed IHR amendments to WHO.pdf

• Explanatory notes on the proposed amendments submitted to WHO

Explanations for the amendments to the International Health Regulations.pdf