WHO Director-General and Brazil President Call for Urgent Support of Pandemic Treaty

France. As the G7 summit is starting in France, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have issued a joint letter stating that the pandemic treaty must be immediately supported at a high political level. They have called on the world community to conclude the agreement, saying, 'Another pandemic will not wait for us.'

The leaders have urged that an international agreement on how to deal with future pandemics be quickly finalized, fulfilling the commitment made to the millions of people who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.