Legal provisions of COM(2021)233 - EU position in the seventy-fourth session of the World Health Assembly - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2021)233 - EU position in the seventy-fourth session of the World Health Assembly. |
|---|---|
| document | COM(2021)233  |
| date | May 20, 2021 |
Article 1
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the seventy-fourth session of the World Health Assembly shall be the following:
The European Union supports the establishment of a World Health Organization process for a new Framework Convention on Pandemic Preparedness and Response and must, within Union competence, be allowed to participate as contracting party to such a treaty.
The decision of the World Health Assembly setting out the procedural aspects of the negotiations must allow for the participation of the Union in the negotiating process addressing matters falling within Union competence, in view of the Union’s possible accession to the Convention as a Regional Economic Integration Organisation.
Such participation should be achieved through the inclusion of specific references in the body of the text of the decision clarifying that any intergovernmental body set up to draft and negotiate the Convention shall be open to the participation of Regional Economic Integration Organisations.
Article 2
The position referred to in Article 1 shall be expressed by the Member States of the Union that are members of the World Health Organization, acting jointly on behalf of the Union.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.