Negotiators are expected to submit a draft pandemic accord to the 194-nation World Health Assembly for approval next May.
The latest negotiating text of a global pandemic treaty reaffirms nations' sovereignty and promotes equity and right to health as guiding principles.
The World Health Organization's Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, which includes its 194 member countries, got back to work on drafting a proposed agreement aimed at strengthening the world's preparedness for another pandemic, WHO officials said on Thursday.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Climate scientists have warned for decades about bleaching of coral reefs, which are nurseries for commercial fisheries.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
The France-based court was created to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, which took effect in 1953.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Fourteen cases remain under investigation by U.N. investigators, who have met with authorities in Israel.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
