Following the 1 April announcement, we are pleased to inform you that the first round of public hearings regarding a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response will occur on 12 and 13 April 2022.

These public hearings will be comprised of a spoken component (through videoconferencing software) and a written component (through a dedicated web portal).

Members of the public are encouraged to participate in this historic development, and may do so by consulting the dedicated WHO webpage for the public hearings, which provides the web portal for submitting written comments and the means to register interest in participating in the spoken component of the hearings.

About WHO

The World Health Organization provides global leadership in public health within the United Nations system. Founded in 1948, WHO works with 194 Member States, across six regions and from more than 150 offices, to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. Our goal for 2019-2023 is to ensure that a billion more people have universal health coverage, to protect a billion more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and wellbeing.