World leaders call for international pandemic treaty – By Darryl Coote (UPI) / Mar 30 2021
March 30 (UPI) — Two dozen world leaders and the World Health Organization on Tuesday called for the creation of a new international treaty to better prepare for future pandemics.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Charles Michel, president of the European Council, joined WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in penning an op-ed urging for the creation of a treaty that would focus pandemic preparedness on the principle of health for all.
“There will be other pandemics and other major health emergencies,” the leaders wrote. “No single government or multilateral agency can address this threat alone. The question is not if, but when.”
