Delegates Press for Equity, Speed, and Money in Global Pandemic Preparedness
General Assembly • United NationsSeptember 25, 2026
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The first multi-stakeholder panel of the United Nations General Assembly's 81st session high-level meeting on pandemic preparedness brought together heads of government, UN agency leaders, civil society, and vaccine alliance executives — and revealed a sharp fault line between those demanding enforceable multilateral commitments and those favoring bilateral, results-driven approaches. Over more than 20 speakers and nearly two hours, the conversation kept returning to one unfinished piece of business: the pathogen access and benefit sharing annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement adopted in May 2025.
- Broad coalition urges rapid completion of the PABS Annex to ensure countries sharing pathogens receive equitable access to resulting vaccines and treatments
- GAVI CEO calls for pandemic-scale surge financing from the World Bank, building on GAVI's $500M First Response Fund
- UNAIDS chief argues inequality fuels pandemics, presenting evidence that more unequal countries suffered worse COVID outcomes
- FAO launches Global Partnership Program on Transboundary Animal Disease with 120 ministers confirmed, pressing a One Health approach
- United States breaks from majority, emphasizing bilateral partnerships and measurable outcomes over new institutional structures
- Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege links Congo's Ebola outbreak to 30 years of war, calling peace — not emergency teams — the best remedy
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