The Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) steering the talks must reportback next week to the World Health Assembly (WHA) -- the WHO's supremedecision-making body -- regardless of whether they have a finalised text. "There's a sense that even if we can't conclude, we will reach the WHA withsomething concise," one ambassador in the talks told AFP. - 'It's not happening' -The talks are being held behind closed doors at the WHO's headquarters inGeneva. "I think they will present to the assembly the skeleton of the instrument:there is agreement on the principles and structure." Gopakumar said negotiators had this week "greened a few non-contentiousareas", but on "all issues which are contentious, there is no consensus".

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha May 24, 2024 17:48 UTC