GENEVA, Nov 26 (Reuters) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) is inching closer to a consensus to negotiate an international agreement to prevent future pandemics, although Washington is so far reluctant to make the pact legally binding, Western diplomats say.
Health ministers from WHO’s 194 member states open a three-day special assembly on Monday to try to clinch a deal with the aim of strengthening the agency’s ability to address pandemics, after its handling of COVID-19 was criticised.