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Negotiations for a pandemic treaty gain ground in political declaration

The U.N. health agency praised world leaders for a 'historic' commitment to working together against future pandemics.

The U.N. health agency says there have been 770 million confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The U.N. health agency says there have been 770 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 including almost 7 million reported deaths. (AN/Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)

Nations threw their weight behind a new U.N. political declaration that calls for more efforts to prepare for and try to prevent future pandemics, but offers little that might shake up the status quo.

Still, the World Health Organization hailed the final text as a "historic" commitment to working together against future pandemics even though it is legally non-binding. U.N. envoys from Israel and Morocco took the lead in the negotiations.

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