To the
World Health Organization
H.E. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Office of the Director General
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva - Switzerland
Subject:
Open letter on violating a procedural obligation in the amendment process of the International Health Regulations (2005) by the WGIHR Salzburg, 6th of March 2024 Dear Dr. Tedros, our Agency devotes its work to institutional transparency and responsibility in global health and is highly concerned about the intention of the ‘Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations’ (WGIHR) to submit a draft resolution on the final package of the amendments to the International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) only at the very start of the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA). To be lawful, any procedures to amend the IHR have to be carried out in accordance with legal requirements set out in the IHR itself as the applicable lex specialis regime. The relevant Art. 55 para. 2 IHR reads as follows: “The text of any proposed amendment shall …More