MEDIA ADVISORY: Invitation to a virtual press conference

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No images? Click here 3 May 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY UPDATED TIMING OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE  Please note that the Virtual Press Conference will start at 10 am Geneva Time( CEST) Thursday 4 May 2023.  Invitation to a virtual press conference on IHR amendments and the INB   SUBJECT: Countries from around the world are currently working on negotiating and/or amending two international instruments which will help the world be better prepared when the next event with pandemic potential strikes. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) was established to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response: http://inb.who.int . There have now been five sessions of negotiations on a potential pandemic accord. The second one is the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations. There has now had three sessions. https://www.who.int/teams/ihr/working-group-on-amendments-to-the-international-health-regulations-(2005) Both of these Member State-led processes are being coordinated by "Bureaux" and a Co-Chair from each of these will update media on what Member States have been discussing, how the discussions are organized, and what are likely to be the next steps up until the projected conclusions of these processes in May 2024. DATE AND TIME: Thursday 4 May 2023 at 10 am Geneva time (CEST) SPEAKERS: Ms Precious Matsoso, Director of the Health Regulatory Science Platform, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Co-Chair of the Bureau of the INB Dr Ashley Bloomfield, former Director-General of Health, New Zealand and Co-Chair of the IHR Working Group Dr Jaouad Mahjour,  Head of WHO Secretariat to INB and IHR Amendments, WHO Mr Steve Solomon, Principal Legal Officer, WHO LINK: https://who.zoom.us/j/98496135721 Password: vPc+0504 Phone: International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/abelJkwAi2 Webinar ID: 984 9613 5721 Password: 61052053     Media contacts: mediainquries@who.int You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe