Exhibit 069 ยท Agency news release
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly, daily update, 19 May 2026
The World Health Assembly decided to continue the drafting and negotiation of the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) Annex under the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement.
The World Health Assembly decided to continue drafting and negotiating the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) Annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement under the Intergovernmental Working Group, and to submit the outcome to the Eightieth World Health Assembly.
- Source
- World Health Organization
- Date
- 19 May 2026
- Quoted from
- WHO news item, Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly daily update, 19 May 2026, section "WHO Member States extend negotiations on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system"
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.who.int/news/item/19-05-2026-seventy-ninth-world-health-assembly---daily-update--19-may-2026
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- WHO's Pandemic Agreement Q&A states that the Agreement opens for signature after the Assembly adopts the PABS Annex: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/pandemic-prevention--preparedness-and-response-accord