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The monthly magazine, August 2026 · Global Affairs and International Relations › Global institutions › Specialised agencies

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Global Affairs and International Relations › Global institutions

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Specialised agencies

The specialised agencies of the UN system and their work.

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Pandemic Agreement: pathogen access and benefit sharing

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Prelims

The Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system links the sharing of pathogens with pandemic potential to the sharing of the vaccines, tests and treatments made from them.

  • It is the annex left unfinished when the WHO Pandemic Agreement was adopted in May 2025.

What changed

  1. 9 Jul 2026BriefMember states of the World Health Organization began a seventh round of talks on the system. It is the main dispute between wealthy and developing countries. The Hindu, 9 Jul 2026: Countries try again to seal pandemic treaty after Ebola jolt (opens in a new tab)